Leptospira weilii serovar Topaz, a new member of the Tarassovi serogroup isolated from a bovine source in Queensland, Australia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2249-2252

  Corney, B G ^a   Slack, A T ^b   Symonds, M L ^b   Dohnt, M F ^b   McClintock, C S ^c   McGowan, M R ^c   Smythe, Lee D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 AZAGUANINE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RIBOSOME RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COW; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; URINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; QUEENSLAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROTYPING;

BOVINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII SEROVAR TARASSOVI; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII;

EID: 55849142251     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64884-0     Document Type: Article

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