Isolation and characterization of Mycoplasma sphenisci sp. nov. from the choana of an aquarium-reared jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2976-2979

  Frasca Jr , Salvatore ^a   Weber, E Scott ^b   Urquhart, Heather ^b   Liao, Xiaofen ^a   Gladd, Martha ^a   Cecchini, Katharine ^a   Hudson, Paul ^a   May, Meghan ^a   Gast, Rebecca J ^c   Gorton, Timothy S ^a   Geary, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HALITOSIS; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHENISCIDAE;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

EID: 20444458319     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2976-2979.2005     Document Type: Article

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