Canine intestinal spirochetes consist of Serpulina pilosicoli and a newly identified group provisionally designated 'Serpulina canis' sp. nov.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2264-2270

  Duhamel, G E ^a   Trott, D J ^b,d   Muniappa, N ^a,e   Mathiesen, M R ^a   Tarasiuk, K ^c,f   Lee, J I ^b,g   Hampson, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GENUS PLC   (United States)

^g Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SERPULINA CANIS;

EID: 0031901919     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2264-2270.1998     Document Type: Article

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