title: Variable nucleotide tandem-repeat analysis revealing a unique group of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona isolates associated with California sea lions.
abstract: Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona isolates were compared by variable nucleotide tandem-repeat typing. Most cattle isolates grouped together, while isolates from pigs and wildlife were distributed across several groups. Significantly, California sea lion isolates formed a unique group, providing evidence that these animals are maintenance hosts of serovar Pomona.
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA. Richard.Zuerner@ars.usda.gov
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Zuerner
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Alt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D041401:Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046070:Sea Lions / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial