Genetic divergence of Campylobacter fetus strains of mammal and reptile origins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3334-3340

  Tu, Zheng Chao ^a   Eisner, William ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b   Blaser, Martin J ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPTILE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPTILES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TURTLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS SUBSP. FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS SUBSP. VENEREALIS; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 22144435579     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3334-3340.2005     Document Type: Article

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