Characterization of a Moraxella species that causes epistaxis in macaques

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 367-375

  Embers, Monica E ^a   Doyle, Lara A ^a   Whitehouse, Chris A ^b   Selby, Edward B ^b   Chappell, Mark ^b   Philipp, Mario T ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistaxis; Macaca; Moraxella; Nonhuman primate

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPISTAXIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; MACACA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPISTAXIS; GENOTYPE; MACACA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONKEY DISEASES; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLA LINCOLNII; PRIMATES;

EID: 77957014390     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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