A potential novel Brucella species isolated from mandibular lymph nodes of red foxes in Austria

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Hofer, Erwin ^a   Revilla Fernández, Sandra ^a   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^b,c   Riehm, Julia M ^d   Nöckler, Karsten ^b   Zygmunt, Michel S ^e   Cloeckaert, Axel ^e   Tomaso, Herbert ^f   Scholz, Holger C ^d  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UR1282   (France)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Genotyping; Phenotyping; Wildlife; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA CETI; BRUCELLA INOPINATA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA NEOTOMAE; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIALIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; FOX; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; LYMPH NODE; MANDIBULAR LYMPH NODE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMP2A GENE; OMP2B GENE; RECA GENE; VULPES VULPES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FOXES; LYMPH NODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84855889413     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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