Isolation of nitrate-reductase positive Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis from dromedary camels

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-167

  Tejedor Junco, M T ^a   Lupiola, P ^a   Schulz, U ^a   Gutierrez, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abscesses; Camels; Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Lymph nodes; Nitrate reductase positive; Pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; SPAIN;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 39749158399     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9077-2     Document Type: Article

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