Intestinal spirochetes isolated from wild-living jackdaws, hooded crows and rooks (genus Corvus): Provisionally designated "Brachyspira corvi" sp. nov.

Anaerobe

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 287-295

  Jansson, Désirée S ^a,b   Fellström, Claes ^b   Johansson, Karl Erik ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brachyspira; Genus Corvus; Intestinal spirochete; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CLOACA; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SMALL INTESTINE; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRACHYSPIRA; CLOACA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROWS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HEMOLYSIS; HIPPURATES; INDOLES; INTESTINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWEDEN; SWINE;

AVES; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS; CORVUS MONEDULA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; SPIROCHAETALES; SUIDAE;

EID: 56949084918     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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