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Phenotypic and genotypic properties of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus isolated from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German North Sea during the phocine distemper outbreak in 2002.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16084036     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The present study was designed to identify and compare 32 beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from 28 different harbor seals of the German North Sea during the phocine distemper outbreak in 2002. The bacteria were identified as Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus based on cultural, biochemical, serological and molecular studies. Epidemiological investigations by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region and gene szp and by macrorestriction analysis of the chromosomal DNA of the strains by pulsed field gel electrophoresis revealed that all 32 strains appeared to be identical. These results indicate that a single bacterial clone seemed to be distributed among the harbor seal population of the German North Sea during this outbreak.
Authors:
O Akineden; A A Hassan; J Alber; A El-Sayed; A T S Estoepangestie; C Lämmler; R Weiss; U Siebert
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Veterinary microbiology     Volume:  110     ISSN:  0378-1135     ISO Abbreviation:  Vet. Microbiol.     Publication Date:  2005 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-09-12     Completed Date:  2006-01-05     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7705469     Medline TA:  Vet Microbiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  147-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institut für Tierärztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Base Sequence
DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary
Distemper / epidemiology
Distemper Virus, Phocine
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / veterinary
Genotype
North Sea
Phenotype
Phoca / microbiology*
Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology,  microbiology,  veterinary*
Streptococcus equi / classification,  genetics*,  isolation & purification*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA, Bacterial

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