Bovine mastitis associated with Prototheca blaschkeae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1941-1945

  Marques, Sara ^a   Silva, Eliane ^a   Kraft, Christine ^b   Carvalheira, Júlio ^a,c   Videira, Arnaldo ^a,d   Huss, Volker A R ^b   Thompson, Gertrude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTHECA BLASCHKEAE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VARIETAS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; INFECTION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOTHECA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; BOVINAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII VAR. HYDROCARBONEA;

EID: 45149089925     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00323-08     Document Type: Article

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