Genetic and phenotypic characterization of intestinal spirochetes colonizing chickens and allocation of known pathogenic isolates to three distinct genetic groups

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 412-417

  McLaren, Andrew J ^a   Trott, Darren J ^a   Swayne, David E ^b   Oxberry, Sophy L ^a   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0031037809     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.2.412-417.1997     Document Type: Article

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