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Detection and diversity of a putative novel heterogeneous polymorphic proline-glycine repeat (Pgr) protein in the footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus.
Veterinary microbiology - 27 Jan 2011
Calvo-Bado Leo A, Green Laura E, Medley Graham F, Ul-Hassan Atiya, Grogono-Thomas Rose, Buller Nicky, Kaler Jasmeet, Russell Claire L, Kennan Ruth M, Rood Julian I, Wellington Elizabeth M H
Abstract excerpt
Dichelobacter nodosus, a Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, is the essential causative agent of footrot in sheep. Currently, depending on the clinical presentation in the field, footrot is described as benign or virulent; D. nodosus strains have also been classified as benign or virulent, but this designation is not always consistent with clinical disease. The aim of this study was to determine the diversity of...
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