Differential phenotyping of Brucella species using a newly developed semi-automated metabolic system

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Al Dahouk, Sascha ^a,b   Scholz, Holger C ^c   Tomaso, Herbert ^d   Bahn, Peter ^a   Göllner, Cornelia ^a   Karges, Wolfram ^b   Appel, Bernd ^a   Hensel, Andreas ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^d   Nöckler, Karsten ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINE; AMINO ACID; AMINOPEPTIDASE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTERASE; GLYCOSIDE; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE; SUGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77958027440     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-269     Document Type: Article

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