Bovine Bacillus anthracis in Cameroon

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5818-5821

  Pilo, Paola ^a   Rossano, Alexandra ^a   Bamamga, Hamadou ^b   Abdoulkadiri, Souley ^b   Perreten, Vincent ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratoire National Veterinaire   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CAMEROON;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; STRAIN;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; MAMMAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

CAMEROON;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 80052613408     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00074-11     Document Type: Article

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