Novel hemotrophic mycoplasma identified in naturally infected California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 262-268

  Volokhov, Dmitriy V ^a   Norris, Tenaya ^b   Rios, Carlos ^b   Davidson, Maureen K ^c   Messick, Joanne B ^d   Gulland, Frances M ^b   Chizhikov, Vladimir E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; California sea lions; Hemoplasma

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIFORNIA SEA LION; CARNIVORA; ELEPHANT SEAL; FEMALE; HEMOTROPHIC MYCOPLASMA; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOLAMAE; MYCOPLASMATACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OREGON; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEA LIONS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOLAMAE; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; MYCOPLASMA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 79952105731     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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