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  • 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
ABSTRACT

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.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
Glyceryl tributyrate, ≥99%
Sigma-Aldrich
Glyceryl tributyrate, puriss., ≥98.5% (GC)