Certain canine weakly beta-hemolytic intestinal spirochetes are phenotypically and genotypically related to spirochetes associated with human and porcine intestinal spirochetosis.
Four canine weakly beta-hemolytic intestinal spirochetes associated with intestinal spirochetosis (IS-associated WBHIS) were compared with IS-associated human and porcine WBHIS and the type species for Serpulina hyodysenteriae and S. innocens by using phenotypic and genotypic parameters. The IS-associated canine, human, and porcine WBHIS belonged to a phyletic group distinct from but related to previously described Serpulina type species.
Duhamel
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Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68583-0905, USA.
Muniappa
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Mathiesen
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Johnson
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Toth
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Elder
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Doster
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017400:Brachyspira / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D013144:Spirochaetales / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D013145:Spirochaetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial