Corynebacterium uterequi sp. nov., a non-lipophilic bacterium isolated from urogenital samples from horses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 469-474

  Hoyles, Lesley ^a   Ortman, Kerstin ^b   Cardew, Sofia ^c   Foster, Geoffrey ^d   Rogerson, Forbes ^e   Falsen, Enevold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAC   (United Kingdom)

^e SAC Consulting Veterinary Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Corynebacterium uterequi; Equine; RpoB; Spontaneous abortion; Urogenital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM CANIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM LUBRICANTIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM MASTITIDIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM MUSTELAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM TESTUDINORIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM TIMONENSE; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UTEREQUI; CORYNEBACTERIUM VITAERUMINIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; MARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SWEDEN; TAXONOMY; TURICELLA OTITIDIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUIDAE; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84893009081     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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