title: Characterisation of Brucella abortus biovar 3 isolates from Turkey as biovar 3b.
abstract: Between 2002 and 2007, 75 strains of Brucella abortus were isolated from aborted bovine fetuses collected from several regions of Turkey. The isolates were all identified as B abortus biovar 3 by conventional methods. However, when they were analysed by enhanced amos-ery pcr, a 5.4 kb deletion, different from that in the Tulya strain (B abortus biovar 3, atcc 23450), was identified in all of them. As a result, they were subtyped as B abortus biovar 3b.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, 38090 Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ica
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdenlig
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Büyükcangaz
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002417:Cattle; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial