title: Characterization of a Campylobacter fetus-like strain isolated from the faeces of a sick leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight as an alternative to bacterial 16S rDNA phylogeny.
abstract: This article describes the isolation and characterization of a Campylobacter-like isolate originating from the faeces of a sick leopard tortoise. Molecular as well as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) characterization suggests that it could correspond to a new Campylobacter species.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The major impact of this work is the demonstration that proteomics and especially MALDI-TOF typing can be used as an alternative method to 16S rDNA sequencing for phylogeny and can lead to the discovery of new Campylobacters.
authors: Bacteriology Laboratory, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; INSERM, U853, Bordeaux, France.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Benejat
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Gravet
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Sifré
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ben Amor
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Quintard
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Mégraud
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Lehours
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
keywords: Campylobacter; characterization; leopard tortoise; molecular typing; new species