The porcine intestinal spirochaetes: identification of new genetic groups.

doi:10.1016/0378-1135(93)90017-2

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The porcine intestinal spirochaetes: identification of new genetic groups.

Veterinary microbiology - 1 Mar 1993

Lee J I, Hampson D J, Lymbery A J, Harders S J

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The weakly beta-haemolytic isolates were divided into 56 electrophoretic types (ETs), contained in three distinct genetic groups (A,B and C). Group A corresponded to the genus Serpulina, and could be divided into three divisions. It contained 17 weakly haemolytic isolates in divisions b and c, as...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Brachyspira
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Variation
Hemolytic Plaque Technique
Phenotype
Spirochaetaceae
Swine

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