Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of arcanobacterium haemolyticum isolates from infections of horses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-128

  Hassan, Abdulwahed Ahmed ^a   Ülbegi Mohyla, Hivda ^b   Kanbar, Talah ^b   Alber, Jörg ^b   Lämmler, Christoph ^b   Abdulmawjood, Amir ^b   Zschöck, Michael ^c   Weiss, Reinhard ^b  

^a De Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren ^*  (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE D; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP;

ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 58849120599     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01933-08     Document Type: Article

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