Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter spp.from Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Deception Island, Antarctica

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6013-6016

  Garcia Pena F J ^a   Perez Boto D ^b   Jimenez C ^a   Miguel, E San ^a   Echeita, A ^b   Rengifo Herrera, C ^c   Garcia Parraga D ^d   Ortega Mora, L M ^c   Pedraza Diaz S ^c  

^a LCV de Algete   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d L'Oceanogràfic Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencia ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTARCTICA; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTERS; FUR SEALS; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; MARINE MAMMALS;

MAMMALS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; INFECTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOCA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEAL;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FUR SEALS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INSULAENIGRAE; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956578815     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00316-10     Document Type: Article

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