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Region of difference 4 in alpine Mycobacterium caprae isolates indicates three variants.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2013
Domogalla Janina, Prodinger Wolfgang M, Blum Helmut, Krebs Stefan, Gellert Susanne, Müller Matthias, Neuendorf Erdmute, Sedlmaier Florian, Büttner Mathias
Abstract excerpt
The lack of complete genome sequence information for Mycobacterium caprae complicates a robust differentiation of M. caprae and Mycobacterium bovis. In this study, the presence or absence of M. caprae-specific single nucleotide polymorphisms in lepA and gyrB genes was assessed. The region of difference 4 (RD4) was analyzed for the identification and characterization of M. caprae. Molecular characteristics were...
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