Frosth, Sara
- National Veterinary Institute (SVA)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine which Helicobacter species other than H. hepaticas colonize laboratory mice and rats in Sweden. We analyzed 63 intestinal samples from mice and 42 intestinal samples from rats by partial 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Previously these samples had been found positive for Helicobacter species but negative for H. hepaticus in a polymerase chain reaction screening assay at the National Veterinary Institute in Sweden. H. ganmani, H. typhlonius, H. rodentimn, an uncharacterized Helicobacter species ('hamster B'), and a possibly novel species were detected in mice. The possibly novel species was most closely related to H. apodemus strain YMRC 000216 (98.3% sequence similarity). Two different Helicobacter species were detected in rats: H. ganmani and H. rodentium. H. ganmani colonization of rats has not previously been reported
Published in
Comparative Medicine
2006, volume: 56, number: 2, pages: 110-113
Publisher: AMER ASSOC LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE
SLU Authors
Johansson, Karl-Erik
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- National Veterinary Institute (SVA)
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Clinical Science
Animal and Dairy Science
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/9358