Identification of a novel enteric Helicobacter species in a kitten with severe diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 908-912

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Solnick, Jay V ^a   Lapointe, Jean Martin ^a   Jang, Spencer ^a   Pedersen, Niels C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HELICOBACTER CANIS;

EID: 0031896967     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.908-912.1998     Document Type: Article

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