Nocardia tenerifensis genome identification in a cutaneous granuloma of a cat

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 577-580

  Ramos Vara, José A ^a   Wu, Ching Ching ^a   Lin, Tsang Long ^a   Miller, Margaret A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Nocardia; Pathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequencing; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.; NOCARDIA TENERIFENSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRANULOMA; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TAIL;

EID: 38449100285     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900522     Document Type: Article

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