Identification of three clusters of canine intestinal spirochaetes by biochemical and 16S rDNA sequence analysis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-350

  Johansson, Karl Erik ^a,b   Duhamel, Gerald E ^c   Bergsjö, Bjarne ^d   Engvall, Eva Olsson ^a   Persson, Marianne ^a,b   Pettersson, Bertil ^e   Fellström, Claes ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRACHYSPIRA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERPULINA; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842557418     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05479-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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