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Prototheca zopfii genotypes isolated from cow barns and bovine mastitis in Japan.
Veterinary microbiology - 15 Oct 2008
Osumi Takafumi, Kishimoto Yuji, Kano Rui, Maruyama Haruhiko, Onozaki Masanobu, Makimura Koichi, Ito Takaaki, Matsubara Kiyoshi, Hasegawa Atsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
This study is the first investigation on Japanese isolates of Prototheca zopfii from bovine mastitis and the cow-barn surroundings by molecular characterization to clarify routes of infection for bovine protothecal mastitis. We performed isolation of Prototheca from cow-barn surroundings (drinking water, sewage and feces) and milk samples from cases of bovine mastitis. Genotypes of the 32 isolates of P. zopfii...
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