Tuberculosis in seals caused by a novel member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: Mycobacterium pinnipedii sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1305-1314

  Cousins, Debby V ^a   Bastida, Ricardo ^b   Cataldi, Angel ^c   Quse, Viviana ^d   Redrobe, Sharon ^e   Dow, Sue ^e   Duignan, Padraig ^f   Murray, Alan ^f   Dupont, Christine ^f   Ahmed, Niyaz ^g   Collins, Des M ^h   Butler, W Ray ⁱ   Dawson, David ^j   Rodríguez, Diego ^b   Loureiro, Julio ^c   Romano, Maria Isabel ^c   Alito, A ^c   Zumarraga, M ^c   Bernardelli, Amelia ^k  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c CICVyA INTA   (Argentina)

^d Fundacion Mundo Marino   (Argentina)

^e Veterinary Department   (United Kingdom)

^f MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^g CDFD   (India)

^h AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

ⁱ NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^j THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria Argentina   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW SPECIES; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEALS, EARLESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; SUS SCROFA; TAPIRUS; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141614097     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02401-0     Document Type: Article

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