Article
Characterization of Lawsonia intracellularis gen. nov., sp. nov., the obligately intracellular bacterium of porcine proliferative enteropathy.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1995
McOrist S, Gebhart C J, Boid R, Barns S M
Abstract excerpt
A novel obligately intracellular bacterium, ileal symbiont intracellularis, which was obtained from the intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease, was grown in pure cocultures with tissue cultures of rat cells. An examination of the 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequence revealed that th...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Desulfovibrio
- Gram-Negative Bacteria
- Intestinal Diseases
- Intestines
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Swine
- Swine Diseases