Discrimination between Mycoplasma and Acholeplasma species of bovine origin using digitonin disc diffusion assay, nisin disc diffusion assay, and conventional polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-13

  Boonyayatra, Sukolrat ^a   Fox, Lawrence K ^a   Gay, John M ^a   Sawant, Ashish ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acholeplasma species; discrimination; mastitis; Mycoplasma species

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIGITONIN; NISIN; RNA 16S;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIGITONIN; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NISIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84857320619     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711425936     Document Type: Article

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