Isolation of potentially novel Brucella spp. from frogs.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial isolates from frogs were phenotypically identified as Ochrobactrum anthropi, but 16S rRNA sequencing showed up to 100% identity with Brucella inopinata. Further analysis of recA, omp2a, omp2b, bcsp31, and IS711 and multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) verified a close relationship with Brucella, suggesting the isolates may actually represent novel members of this growing genus of zoonotic pathogens.

SUBMITTER: Eisenberg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3346351 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature