Genotyping and phenotyping of beta2-toxigenic Clostridium perfringens fecal isolates associated with gastrointestinal diseases in piglets

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3584-3591

  Waters, Michael ^a   Savoie, Amanda ^a   Garmory, Helen S ^b   Bueschel, Dawn ^c   Popoff, Michel R ^d   Songer, J Glenn ^c   Titball, Richard W ^b   McClane, Bruce A ^e   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Defence Science Technology Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN CPB 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EQUIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0042023545     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3584-3591.2003     Document Type: Article

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