Demonstration of genes encoding virulence and virulence life-style factors in Brachyspira spp. isolates from pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 438-443

  Barth, Stefanie ^a   Gömmel, Maike ^a   Baljer, Georg ^a   Herbst, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; Brachyspira species; Polymerase chain reaction; Swine dysentery; Virulence life style genes

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; FERRITIN; HEMOLYSIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IRON METABOLISM; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; NOX GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPIROCHETE; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; DIARRHEA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84857064271     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.09.032     Document Type: Article

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