title: Characterization of Campylobacter lanienae from pig feces.
abstract: To isolate Campylobacter spp., the feces of healthy cattle, pigs, and broilers were examined between June 1999 and January 2000. Campylobacter lanienae strains were isolated from the feces of healthy pigs, but not from the feces of cattle or broilers. In six C. lanienae isolates, there was only 21-38% DNA-DNA homology to Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii strain NCTC 12901. Thus, the primary host of C. lanienae is likely to be the pig and C. lanienae appears to be a species distinct from C. hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii. In addition, an intervening sequence of 226 bp in the 16S rRNA gene was found in four isolates.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary National Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokura, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogikubo
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohzono
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S