Corynebacterium ulcerans from Diseased Wild Boars

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 479-488

  Contzen, M ^a   Sting, R ^a   Blazey, B ^a   Rau, J ^a  

^a Chemisches und Veterinaeruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Stuttgart   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Caseous lymphadenitis; Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Corynebacterium ulcerans; Diphtheria toxin gene; FT IR; Pig; RpoB

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DNA SEQUENCE; GERMANY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SUS SCROFA;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 80053931488     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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