PCR detection of Clostridium chauvoei in pure cultures and in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 239-248

  Uzal, F A ^a,e   Hugenholtz, P ^b   Blackall, L L ^b   Petray, S ^a   Moss, S ^b   Assis, R A ^c   Fernandez Miyakawa, M ^a   Carloni, G ^d  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black leg; Clostridium chauvoei; Diagnosis; Malignant oedema; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; TISSUE EXTRACT;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOMASS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMASS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037413890     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00291-2     Document Type: Article

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