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Characterization of novel bovine gastrointestinal tract Treponema isolates and comparison with bovine digital dermatitis treponemes.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2011
Evans Nicholas J, Brown Jennifer M, Murray Richard D, Getty Brian, Birtles Richard J, Hart C Anthony, Carter Stuart D
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This study aimed to isolate and characterize treponemes present in the bovine gastrointestinal (GI) tract and compare them with bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) treponemes. Seven spirochete isolates were obtained from the bovine GI tract, which, on the basis of 16S rRNA gene comparisons, clustered within the genus Treponema as four novel phylotypes. One phylotype was isolated from several different GI tract...
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