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Evolutionary history of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia using next generation sequencing of Mycoplasma mycoides Subsp. mycoides "Small Colony".
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Dupuy Virginie, Manso-Silván Lucía, Barbe Valérie, Thebault Patricia, Dordet-Frisoni Emilie, Citti Christine, Poumarat François, Blanchard Alain, Breton Marc, Sirand-Pugnet Pascal, Thiaucourt François
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides "Small Colony" (MmmSC) is responsible for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in bovidae, a notifiable disease to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Although its origin is not documented, the disease was known in Europe in 1773. It reached nearly world-wide distribution in the 19(th) century through the cattle trade and was eradicated from most continents by...
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