title: Outbreaks of keratoconjunctivitis in a camel herd caused by a specific biovar of Moraxella canis.
abstract: Two tributyrin hydrolysis-negative Moraxella isolates obtained in cases of keratoconjunctivitis in Camelus dromedarius in the Canary Islands showed highest degrees of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Moraxella canis. A level of DNA relatedness to the M. canis type strain of 79% confirmed the identity of the isolates as a tributyrin hydrolysis-negative biovar of M. canis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Clinical Sciences Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, P.O. Box 550, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. mtejedor@dcc.ulpgc.es
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tejedor-Junco
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Baere
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deschaght
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneechoutte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002162:Camelus / Q000382:microbiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009016:Moraxella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045828:Moraxellaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014280:Triglycerides; C005830:tributyrin