Demonstration of two distinct hemotropic mycoplasmas in French dogs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5397-5399

  Kenny, Martin J ^a   Shaw, Susan E ^a   Beugnet, Fréderic ^b   Tasker, Séverine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Meriai Animal Health Ltd   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOPARVUM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOPARVUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 8744314994     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5397-5399.2004     Document Type: Article

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