Intraspecies diodiversity of the genetically homologous species Brucella microti

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1534-1543

  Al Dahouk, Sascha ^a,b   Hofer, Erwin ^c   Tomaso, Herbert ^d   Vergnaud, Gilles ^e,f,g   Le Flèche, Philippe ^e,f,g   Cloeckaert, Axel ^h   Koylass, Mark S ⁱ   Whatmore, Adrian M ^j   Nöckler, Karsten ^j   Scholz, Holger C ^k  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g DGA/MRIS Mission pour la Recherche et l'Innovation Scientifique   (France)

^h CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

ⁱ UR1282   (France)

^j VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^k BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BRUCELLA; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; GENE SEQUENCES; GENOMIC LOCUS; MAMMALIAN HOSTS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; METABOLIC PROFILES; MICROSATELLITE MARKERS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; NATURAL HABITAT; OCHROBACTRUM; POLYPHASIC; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANISMS; TANDEM REPEATS;

ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; RNA; SOILS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH RISK; HOST PREFERENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; MAMMALIA; OCHROBACTRUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MAMMALS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84857067069     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06351-11     Document Type: Article

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