Enterohepatic Helicobacter species are prevalent in mice from commercial and academic institutions in Asia, Europe, and North America

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2166-2172

  Taylor, Nancy S ^a   Xu, Shilu ^a   Nambiar, Prashant ^a   Dewhirst, Floyd E ^b,c   Fox, James G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER MASTOMYRINUS; HELICOBACTER RODENTIUM; LABORATORY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA; EUROPE; HELICOBACTER; MICE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER MASTOMYRINUS; HELICOBACTER RODENTIUM; HELICOBACTER SP.; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 34547645764     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00137-07     Document Type: Article

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