Occurrence, diversity, and host association of intestinal Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter in reptiles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Gilbert, Maarten J ^a   Kik, Marja ^a   Timmerman, Arjen J ^a   Severs, Tim T ^b   Kusters, Johannes G ^b   Duim, Birgitta ^a,c   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^a,c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c WHO Collaborating Centre for Campylobacter   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS; ARCOBACTER SKIRROWII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER HYOINTESTINALIS; CHELONIAN; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FECES ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER; INTESTINE FLORA; LIZARD; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE; RNA SEQUENCE; SNAKE; SULFUROSPIRILLUM; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ARCOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER; GENETIC VARIATION; HELICOBACTER; INTESTINES; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

EID: 84903758135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101599     Document Type: Article

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