Detection of Helicobacter in the fecal material of the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-245

  McLaughlin, R W ^a   Zheng, J S ^b   Chen, M M ^b,c   Zhao, Q Z ^b   Wang, D ^b  

^a SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Helicobacter cetorum; Helicobacter spp.; Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis; Yangtze finless porpoise

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CAPTIVITY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORPOISE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PORPOISE;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PORPOISES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CHINA; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER CETORUM; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES ASIAEORIENTALIS; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 79960248337     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02364     Document Type: Article

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