Multilocus sequence typing of mycoplasma agalactiae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 803-811

  McAuliffe, L ^a   Gosney, F ^a   Hlusek, M ^a   de Garnica, M L ^b   Spergser, J ^c   Kargl, M ^c   Rosengarten, R ^c   Ayling, R D ^a   Nicholas, R A J ^a   Ellis, R J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DATA BASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

EID: 79957610349     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028159-0     Document Type: Article

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