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Exploring the diversity of Arcobacter butzleri from cattle in the UK using MLST and whole genome sequencing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Merga J Yvette, Williams Nicola J, Miller William G, Leatherbarrow Andrew J H, Bennett Malcolm, Hall Neil, Ashelford Kevin E, Winstanley Craig
Abstract excerpt
Arcobacter butzleri is considered to be an emerging human foodborne pathogen. The completion of an A. butzleri genome sequence along with microarray analysis of 13 isolates in 2007 revealed a surprising amount of diversity amongst A. butzleri isolates from humans, animals and food. In order to further investigate Arcobacter diversity, 792 faecal samples were collected from cattle on beef and dairy farms in the...
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