BMC Microbiology

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MLVA-16 typing of 295 marine mammal Brucella isolates from different animal and geographic origins identifies 7 major groups within Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis

Marianne Maquart1, Philippe Le Flèche2,3, Geoffrey Foster4, Morten Tryland5, Françoise Ramisse3, Berit Djønne6, Sascha Al Dahouk7,8, Isabelle Jacques1,9, Heinrich Neubauer10,7, Karl Walravens11, Jacques Godfroid5, Axel Cloeckaert1* and Gilles Vergnaud12,2

Author Affiliations

1 INRA, UR1282, Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, IASP, Nouzilly, F-37380, France

2 Université Paris-Sud 11, CNRS, UMR8621, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Orsay 91405, France

3 Division of Analytical Microbiology, Centre d'Etudes du Bouchet, Vert le Petit, F-91710, France

4 SAC Veterinary Services, Inverness, IV2 4JZ, UK

5 Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Section of Arctic Veterinary Medicine, Stakkevollveien 23, N-9010 Tromsø, Norway

6 Norwegian National Veterinary Institute, Ullevålsveien 68, N-0106 Oslo, Norway

7 Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology, Neuherbergstr. 11, D-80937 Munich, Germany

8 RWTH Aachen University, Department of Internal Medicine III, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

9 Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Université François Rabelais, 29 rue du pont-volant, 37082 Tours cedex 2, France

10 Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 96a, D-07743 Jena, Germany

11 Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (VAR), Groeselenberg 99, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium

12 DGA/MRIS-Mission pour la Recherche et l'Innovation Scientifique, 7-9, rue des Mathurins, Bagneux F-92221, France

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BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:145 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-145

Published: 20 July 2009

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Additional file 1:

MLVA-16 data. The repeat copy numbers at each locus are indicated for each strain.

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