Differentiation of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strains by nucleotide sequence analysis of a hypervariable region in the spaA gene: Discrimination of a live vaccine strain from field isolates

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 336-342

  Nagai, Shinya ^a   To, Ho ^a   Kanda, Akira ^b  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Prefectural College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Live vaccine; SpaA; Strain typing

Indexed keywords

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; MUS; SUIDAE;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; SPAA PROTEIN, ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 54549110156     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000313     Document Type: Article

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