Spreading factors of Mycoplasma alligatoris, a flesh-eating mycoplasma

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3922-3927

  Brown, D R ^a   Zacher, L A ^a   Farmerie, W G ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; SIALIDASE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA ALLIGATORIS; NAGH GENE; NAGI GENE; NAGK GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENOMICS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MYCOPLASMA; NEURAMINIDASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAIMAN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA ALLIGATORIS; MYCOPLASMA CROCODYLI; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES; SPIROPLASMA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 2942514445     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3922-3927.2004     Document Type: Article

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