Proposal that the strains of the Mycoplasma ovine/caprine serogroup 11 be reclassified as Mycoplasma bovigenitalium

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 308-312

  Nicholas, Robin A J ^a   Lin, Yi Ching ^b   Sachse, Konrad ^c   Hotzel, Helmut ^c   Parham, Katie ^a   McAuliffe, Laura ^a   Miles, Roger J ^e   Kelly, Donovan P ^d   Wood, Ann P ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Bundesinstitut fur gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinarmedizin   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e Dental Insitute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PHOSPHATASE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GOAT; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

CAPRA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; PROKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; GENES, RRNA; GOATS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

EID: 40449126218     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65553-0     Document Type: Article

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