Premium
Characterisation of Brucella abortus biovar 3 isolates from Turkey as biovar 3b
Author(s) -
Ica T.,
Aydin F.,
Erdenlig S.,
Guler L.,
Büyükcangaz E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.163.22.659
Subject(s) - biovar , brucella abortus , brucellaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , brucellosis , strain (injury) , biology , brucella , virology , bacteria , genetics , brucella melitensis , anatomy
Between 2002 and 2007, 75 strains of Brucella abortus were isolated from aborted bovine fetuses collected from several regions of Turkey. The isolates were all identified as B abortus biovar 3 by conventional methods. However, when they were analysed by enhanced amos‐ery pcr , a 5·4 kb deletion, different from that in the Tulya strain ( B abortus biovar 3, atcc 23450), was identified in all of them. As a result, they were subtyped as B abortus biovar 3b.