Salmonella Abortusequi strains of equine origin harbor a 95kb plasmid responsible for virulence in mice

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Akiba, Masato ^a   Sameshima, Toshiya ^a   Anzai, Toru ^b   Wada, Ryuichi ^b   Nakazawa, Muneo ^a  

^a Feed Safety Res Div Natl I   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horse; Salmonella choleraesuis; Serovar Abortusequi; Virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS SUBSP. CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ABORTUSEQUI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032885962     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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