Biochemical and biological characterizations and ribotyping of Actinomyces pyogenes and Actinomyces pyogenes-like organisms from liver abscesses in cattle

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-303

  Narayanan, Sanjeevkumar ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a   Staats, Jacque ^a   Chengappa, M M ^a   Oberst, R D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomyces pyogenes; Bacteria; Biochemical features; Cattle; Liver abscesses; Ribotyping; Toxins

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; MANNITOL; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RAFFINOSE; TYLOSIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; NONHUMAN; RIBOTYPING;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 0032522264     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00190-4     Document Type: Article

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