Phylogenetic relationship of equine Actinobacillus species and distribution of RTX toxin genes among clusters

Veterinary Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Kuhnert, Peter ^a   Berthoud, Hélène ^a   Christensen, Henrik ^b   Bisgaard, Magne ^b   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus; Diagnostic; Horse; Phylogeny; RTX toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWINE; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS EQUULI SUBSP. EQUULI; ACTINOBACILLUS EQUULI SUBSP. HAEMOLYTICUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS SUIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037773259     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2003010     Document Type: Article

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