Identification of a novel mycoplasma species from an oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5909-5912

  Oaks, J Lindsay ^a   Donahoe, Shannon L ^a   Rurangirwa, Fred R ^a   Rideout, Bruce A ^b   Gilbert, Martin ^c   Virani, Munir Z ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA VULTURII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FALCONIFORMES; FIBROBLASTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; GYPS; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS BENGALENSIS; MYCOPLASMA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 10844284416     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5909-5912.2004     Document Type: Article

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