Brachyspira intermedia strain diversity and relationships to the other indole-positive Brachyspira species

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 246-254

  Phillips, Nyree D ^a   La, Tom ^a   Amin, Maswati Mat ^a   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachyspira intermedia; Chickens; MLST; Molecular epidemiology; Pigs; Spirochaete

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; BRACHYSPIRA SUANATINA; CHICKEN; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYSPIRA; CHICKENS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; GALLUS GALLUS; SPIROCHAETA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77953122927     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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