Microbial infections are associated with embryo mortality in arctic-nesting geese

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 5583-5592

  Hansen, Cristina M ^a   Meixell, Brandt W ^b   Van Hemert, Caroline ^b   Hare, Rebekah F ^a   Hueffer, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA;

ARCTIC COASTAL PLAINS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREEDING POPULATIONS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MICROBIAL INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA;

DNA; EMBRYO; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MACROCOCCUS; MACROCOCCUS CASEOLYTICUS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CANIS; ROTHIA; ROTHIA NASIMURIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ALASKA; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEATH; ETIOLOGY; GENETICS; GOOSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PHYLOGENY; VETERINARY;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIRD DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GEESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84937955979     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00706-15     Document Type: Article

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