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SUBMITTER: Merga JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3566208 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Merga J Yvette JY Williams Nicola J NJ Miller William G WG Leatherbarrow Andrew J H AJ Bennett Malcolm M Hall Neil N Ashelford Kevin E KE Winstanley Craig C
PloS one 20130206 2
Arcobacter butzleri is considered to be an emerging human foodborne pathogen. The completion of an A. butzleri genome sequence along with microarray analysis of 13 isolates in 2007 revealed a surprising amount of diversity amongst A. butzleri isolates from humans, animals and food. In order to further investigate Arcobacter diversity, 792 faecal samples were collected from cattle on beef and dairy farms in the North West of England. Arcobacter was isolated from 42.5% of the samples and the diver ...[more]