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SUBMITTER: Eisenberg T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3346351 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120309 10
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. ...[more]