Chlamydophila abortus in a Brown skua (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) from a subantarctic island.
On Bird Island, South Georgia, a new strain of Chlamydophila abortus was detected in one Brown skua out of 37 specimens from six different seabird species. Phylogenetic analysis of the rnpB and omp1 genes indicated the strain to be more closely related to C. abortus than to 6BC, the type strain of Chlamydophila psittaci.
Section of Virology, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. bjorn.herrmann@medsci.uu.se
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Herrmann
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Rahman
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Bergström
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Bonnedahl
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Olsen
D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002693:Chlamydiaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002694:Chlamydiaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000235:genetics; D043262:Ribonuclease P; D012623:Seawater
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D004722:Endoribonucleases; D043262:Ribonuclease P