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Divergence of a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during an outbreak of ovine mastitis.
Veterinary microbiology - 30 Jan 2015
Wright Elli A, Di Lorenzo Valeria, Trappetti Claudia, Liciardi Manuele, Orru Germano, Viti Carlo, Bronowski Christina, Hall Amanda J, Darby Alistair C, Oggioni Marco R, Winstanley Craig
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial infections causing mastitis in sheep can result in severe economic losses for farmers. A large survey of milk samples from ewes with mastitis in Sardinia, Italy, indicated an increasing prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. It has been shown previously that during chronic, biofilm-associated infections P. aeruginosa populations diversify. We report the phenotypic and genomic characterisation...
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