title: Classification of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals using DNA-DNA hybridization and ribotyping.
abstract: DNA-DNA hybridization showed that the Brucella strains recently isolated from marine mammals belong to the monospecific genus Brucella (more than 77% DNA relatedness). Ribotyping (HindIII rDNA restriction patterns) showed that they may represent a separate subgroup (marine type) specifically associated with marine mammals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de pathologie infectieuse et immunologie, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, Nouzilly, France. verger@tours.inra.fr
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Verger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grayon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cloeckaert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ageron
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grimont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002002:Brucella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII / Q000378:metabolism; D004289:Dolphins / Q000382:microbiology; D008322:Mammals / Q000382:microbiology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D019576:Porpoises / Q000382:microbiology; D021521:Ribotyping; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000382:microbiology; D012623:Seawater
chemical_list: D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII