Evidence that the 36kb plasmid of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae contributes to virulence

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 150-155

  La, Tom ^a   Phillips, Nyree D ^a   Wanchanthuek, Phatthanaphong ^a,b   Bellgard, Matthew I ^a   O'Hara, Amanda J ^a   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; Plasmid; Rfb genes; Swine dysentery; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; SPIROCHAETA; SUIDAE; SUS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; MALE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80052176764     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.053     Document Type: Article

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