Molecular variability of house finch Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates as revealed by sequencing and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the pvpA gene

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 640-648

  Pillai, S R ^a   Mays Jr , H L ^a   Ley, D H ^a   Luttrell, P ^b   Panangala, V S ^c   Farmer, K L ^a   Roberts, S R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

House finches; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; PCR RFLP; Phylogenetic analysis; pvpA gene

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 0141571570     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/6095     Document Type: Article

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