Molecular epiderniological analysis of Mycoplasma bovis isolates from the United Kingdom shows two genetically distinct clusters

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4556-4565

  McAuliffe, Laura ^a   Kokotovic, Branko ^b   Ayling, Roger D ^a   Nicholas, Robin A J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MASTITIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GREAT BRITAIN; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 5444234686     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4556-4565.2004     Document Type: Article

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