Characterization of Streptococcus suis isolates recovered between 2008 and 2011 from diseased pigs in Québec, Canada

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 819-825

  Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a   Lacouture, Sonia ^a   Bonifait, Laetitia ^b   Roy, David ^a   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^c   Grenier, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Diseased pigs; Phenotype; Serotypes; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEIN FACTOR; MURAMIDASE RELEASED PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RNA 16S; SUILYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUEBEC; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84872500399     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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