Identification of Streptococcus uberis multilocus sequence types highly associated with mastitis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-124

  Tomita, Takehiro ^a   Meehan, Brian ^a   Wongkattiya, Nalin ^a   Malmo, Jakob ^b   Pullinger, Gillian ^c   Leigh, James ^d   Deighton, Margaret ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENOTYPE; STANDARDIZATION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; MASTITIS; MILK; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 37849026736     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01373-07     Document Type: Article

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