Transformation-mediated serogroup conversion of Dichelobacter nodosus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 169-178

  Kennan, Ruth M ^a   Dhungyel, Om P ^b   Whittington, Richard J ^b,c   Egerton, John R ^b   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Footrot; Seroconversion; Sheep bacteria; Type IV fimbriae; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIMBRIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROCONVERSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FOOT ROT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 18744402721     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00359-0     Document Type: Article

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