Identification of Arcanobacterium pyogenes isolated by post mortem examinations of a bearded dragon and a gecko by phenotypic and genotypic properties

Journal of Veterinary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-267

  Ulbegi Mohyla H ^a   Hijazin, M ^a   Alber, J ^a   Lammler C ^a   Hassan, A A ^b   Abdulmawjood, A ^a   Prenger Berninghoff, E ^a   Weiss R ^a   Zschock M ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^c Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Arcanobacterium pyogenes; Bearded dragon; Gecko; rpoB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CBPA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIN; PRIMER DNA; PYOLYSIN, ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 77956643986     PISSN: 1229845X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2010.11.3.265     Document Type: Article

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