- Outbreaks of keratoconjunctivitis in a camel herd caused by a specific biovar of Moraxella canis.
Outbreaks of keratoconjunctivitis in a camel herd caused by a specific biovar of Moraxella canis.
Journal of clinical microbiology (2009-12-25)
María Teresa Tejedor-Junco, Carlos Gutiérrez, Margarita González, Ana Fernández, Georges Wauters, Thierry De Baere, Pieter Deschaght, Mario Vaneechoutte
PMID20032257
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG
Two tributyrin hydrolysis-negative Moraxella isolates obtained in cases of keratoconjunctivitis in Camelus dromedarius in the Canary Islands showed highest degrees of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Moraxella canis. A level of DNA relatedness to the M. canis type strain of 79% confirmed the identity of the isolates as a tributyrin hydrolysis-negative biovar of M. canis.