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Multilocus sequence typing of Mycoplasma agalactiae.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2011
McAuliffe L, Gosney F, Hlusek M, de Garnica M L, Spergser J, Kargl M, Rosengarten R, Ayling R D, Nicholas R A J, Ellis R J
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma agalactiae is the main cause of contagious agalactia, a serious disease of sheep and goats, which has major clinical and economic impacts. We have developed a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme using the sequenced genomes of the M. agalactiae strains PG2 and 5632. An MLST scheme based on the genes gltX, metS, gyrB, tufA and dnaA was designed and in total 3468 bp of sequence were analysed for each...
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