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Helicobacter pullorum sp. nov.-genotype and phenotype of a new species isolated from poultry and from human patients with gastroenteritis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Dec 1994
Stanley J, Linton D, Burnens A P, Dewhirst F E, On S L, Porter A, Owen R J, Costas M
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter-like organisms were isolated from the liver, duodenum and caecum of broiler and layer chickens, and from humans with gastroenteritis. They formed a unique DNA homology group and a polyphasic taxonomic analysis was made of 16 strains. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene from seven of the strains identified them as belonging to a single species, within the genus Helicobacter. This...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chickens
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Food Microbiology
- Gastroenteritis
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Helicobacter
- Helicobacter Infections
