COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF THE 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE SEQUENCE OF THE PUTATIVE AGENT OF PROLIFERATIVE ILEITIS OF HAMSTERS

Authors
PEACE TA BROCK KV STILLS HF
Citation
Ta. Peace et al., COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF THE 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE SEQUENCE OF THE PUTATIVE AGENT OF PROLIFERATIVE ILEITIS OF HAMSTERS, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 44(4), 1994, pp. 832-835
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
International journal of systematic bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207713
Volume
44
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
832 - 835
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7713(1994)44:4<832:COT1RG>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Proliferative ileitis of hamsters is consistently associated with the presence of intracellular bacteria in affected ileal epithelial cells. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the putative etiologic agent of prolife rative ileitis was determined by using cell culture-maintained organis ms. The highest level of relatedness (98.4%) was observed with a newly described obligately intracellular bacterium obtained from porcine in testines, and the level of homology with Desulfovibrio desulfuricans w as 87.5%.