Comparison of Arcobacter isolation methods, and diversity of Arcobacter spp. in Cheshire, United Kingdom

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1646-1650

  Merga, J Y ^a   Leatherbarrow, A J H ^b   Winstanley, C ^a   Bennett, M ^a   Hart, C A ^a   Miller, W G ^c   Williams, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FECES; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CEFOPERAZONE; DEOXYCHOLATE; FECAL SAMPLES; FROZEN SAMPLE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CHARCOAL; FREEZING;

RECOVERY;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FECES; FREEZING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUSTELIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARCOBACTER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; FREEZING; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUSTELIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; OVIS ARIES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 79953186938     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01964-10     Document Type: Article

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