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Wilkes RP, Anis E, Kattoor JJ. Moraxella oculi sp. nov., isolated from a cow with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74. [PMID: 38415687 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
Abstract
A novel species of the genus Moraxella was isolated from an ocular swab from a cow with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. 16S rRNA gene sequencing suggested this species was Moraxella bovis (99.59 % nucleotide identity). Average nucleotide identity was calculated using a draft whole genome sequence of this strain compared with type strains of closely related Moraxella species and results established that it represents a new species. The genome size was 2 006 474 nucleotides and the G+C content was 42.51 mol%. The species could not be identified by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry using a commercial database, confirming the novelty of the strain. We propose the name Moraxella oculi sp. nov. for this new species. The type strain is Tifton1T and has been deposited into the American Type Culture Collection (TSD-373T) and the National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC), UK Health Security Agency (NCTC 14942T).
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Affiliation(s)
- Rebecca P Wilkes
- Work was performed at the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia, USA
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Georgia, USA
- Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
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Gafen HB, Liu CC, Ineck NE, Scully CM, Mironovich MA, Taylor CM, Luo M, Leis ML, Scott EM, Carter RT, Hernke DM, Paul NC, Lewin AC. Alterations to the bovine bacterial ocular surface microbiome in the context of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. Anim Microbiome 2023; 5:60. [PMID: 37996960 PMCID: PMC10668498 DOI: 10.1186/s42523-023-00282-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is a common cause of morbidity in cattle, resulting in significant economic losses. This study aimed to characterize the bovine bacterial ocular surface microbiome (OSM) through conjunctival swab samples from Normal eyes and eyes with naturally acquired, active IBK across populations of cattle using a three-part approach, including bacterial culture, relative abundance (RA, 16 S rRNA gene sequencing), and semi-quantitative random forest modeling (real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)). RESULTS Conjunctival swab samples were obtained from eyes individually classified as Normal (n = 376) or IBK (n = 228) based on clinical signs. Cattle unaffected by IBK and the unaffected eye in cattle with contralateral IBK were used to obtain Normal eye samples. Moraxella bovis was cultured from similar proportions of IBK (7/228, 3.07%) and Normal eyes (1/159, 0.63%) (p = 0.1481). Moraxella bovoculi was cultured more frequently (p < 0.0001) in IBK (59/228, 25.88%) than Normal (7/159, 4.40%) eyes. RA (via 16 S rRNA gene sequencing) of Actinobacteriota was significantly higher in Normal eyes (p = 0.0045). Corynebacterium variabile and Corynebacterium stationis (Actinobacteriota) were detected at significantly higher RA (p = 0.0008, p = 0.0025 respectively) in Normal eyes. Rothia nasimurium (Actinobacteriota) was detected at significantly higher RA in IBK eyes (p < 0.0001). Alpha-diversity index was not significantly different between IBK and Normal eyes (p > 0.05). Alpha-diversity indices for geographic location (p < 0.001), age (p < 0.0001), sex (p < 0.05) and breed (p < 0.01) and beta-diversity indices for geographic location (p < 0.001), disease status (p < 0.01), age (p < 0.001), sex (p < 0.001) and breed (p < 0.001) were significantly different between groups. Modeling of RT-PCR values reliably categorized the microbiome of IBK and Normal eyes; primers for Moraxella bovoculi, Moraxella bovis, and Staphylococcus spp. were consistently the most significant canonical variables in these models. CONCLUSIONS The results provide further evidence that multiple elements of the bovine bacterial OSM are altered in the context of IBK, indicating the involvement of a variety of bacteria in addition to Moraxella bovis, including Moraxella bovoculi and R. nasimurium, among others. Actinobacteriota RA is altered in IBK, providing possible opportunities for novel therapeutic interventions. While RT-PCR modeling provided limited further support for the involvement of Moraxella bovis in IBK, this was not overtly reflected in culture or RA results. Results also highlight the influence of geographic location and breed type (dairy or beef) on the bovine bacterial OSM. RT-PCR modeling reliably categorized samples as IBK or Normal.
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- Hannah B Gafen
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 2020 Gravier St, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 2020 Gravier St, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 602 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, MA, 01536, USA
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- Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 483 Agronomy Rd, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
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Moncks PCS, Corrêa ÉK, L C Guidoni L, Moncks RB, Corrêa LB, Lucia T, Araujo RM, Yamin AC, Marques FS. Moisture content monitoring in industrial-scale composting systems using low-cost sensor-based machine learning techniques. Bioresour Technol 2022; 359:127456. [PMID: 35700897 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Moisture is a key aspect for proper composting, allowing greater efficiency and lower environmental impact. Low-cost real-time moisture determination methods are still a challenge in industrial composting processes. The aim of this study was to design a model of hardware and software that would allow self-adjustment of a low-cost capacitive moisture sensor. Samples of organic composts with distinct waste composition and from different composting stages were used. Machine learning techniques were applied for self-adjustment of the sensor. To validate the model, results obtained in a laboratory by the gravimetric method were used. The proposed model proved to be efficient and reliable in measuring moisture in compost, reaching a correlation coefficient of 0.9939 between the moisture content verified by gravimetric analysis and the prediction obtained by the Sensor Node.
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- P C S Moncks
- PPGC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação, CDTec, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Brazil
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- NEPERS, Centro de Engenharias, Brazil; PPGB, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- PPGI, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Inglês, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- ReproPel, Faculdade de Veterinária, Brazil; PPGB, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- PPGC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação, CDTec, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Brazil
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- PPGC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação, CDTec, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Brazil
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- PPGC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação, CDTec, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Brazil
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Saini R, Agarwal SM. EGFRisopred: a machine learning-based classification model for identifying isoform-specific inhibitors against EGFR and HER2. Mol Divers 2021. [PMID: 34345964 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-021-10284-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The EGFR kinase pathway is one of the most frequently activated signaling pathways in human cancers. EGFR and HER2 are the two significant members of this pathway, which are attractive drug targets of clinical relevance in lung and breast cancer. Therefore, identifying EGFR- and HER2-specific inhibitors is one of the important challenges in cancer drug discovery. To address this issue, a dataset of 519 compounds having inhibitory activity against both the isoforms, i.e., EGFR and HER2, was collected from the literature and developed a knowledge-based computational classification model for predicting the specificity of a molecule for an isoform (EGFR/HER2) with precision. A total of seventy-two classification models using nine fingerprint types, four classifiers (IBK, NB, SMO and RF) and two different datasets (EGFR and HER2 isoform specific) were developed. It was observed that the models developed using random forest and IBK performed better for EGFR- and HER2-specific datasets, respectively. Scaffold and functional group analysis led to the identification of prevalent core and fragments in each of the datasets. The accuracy of the selected best performing models was also evaluated using the decoy dataset. We have also developed an application EGFRisopred, which integrates the best performing models and permits the user to predict the specificity of a compound as an EGFR-/HER2-specific anticancer agent. It is expected that the tool's availability as a free utility will allow researchers to identify new inhibitors against these targets important in cancer.
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Loy JD, Clothier KA, Maier G. Component Causes of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis-Non-Moraxella Organisms in the Epidemiology of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2021; 37:295-308. [PMID: 34049660 DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2021.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is a multifactorial disease complex caused by opportunistic pathogens, classically those members of the genus Moraxella. However, IBK in some situations is associated with other potentially pathogenic agents, which include Mycoplasma bovoculi, Mycoplasma bovis, Ureaplasma diversum, bovine herpesviruses, and Chlamydia sp. Ocular infections that may resemble IBK are also caused by Listeria monocytogenes. These agents and their association with IBK are reviewed in this article.
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Grice ID, Peak IR, Dawood WA, King RM, Ravikumaran KS, Speciale I, Molinaro A, de Castro C, Wilson JC. Structural characterisation of the oligosaccharide from Moraxella bovoculi type strain 237 (ATCC BAA-1259) lipooligosaccharide. Carbohydr Res 2021; 503:108293. [PMID: 33839496 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The Gram-negative bacterium Moraxella bovoculi is associated with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), colloquially known as 'pink-eye'. IBK is an extremely contagious ocular disease of cattle. We report here the structure of the oligosaccharide derived from the lipooligosaccharide from M. bovoculi type strain 237 (also known as ATCC BAA-1259T). GLC-MS and correlation NMR analysis of the oligosaccharide revealed 5 sugar residues, with a notable central branched 3,4,6-α-D-Glcp. An additional α-D-Manp was present ~30% on the sub-terminal α-D-Manp of the 4-linked branch. This oligosaccharide structure was consistent with other members of the Moraxellaceae where no heptose was present and 5-linked Kdo was directly attached to the central 3,4,6-α-D-Glcp.
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- I Darren Grice
- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia; School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia; School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia 4, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia 4, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università, 100, 80055, Portici, Italy
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- School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, 4222, Australia.
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Kowalski AP, Maboni G, Gressler LT, Espíndola JP, Balzan C, Tasca C, Guizzo JA, Conceição FR, Frandoloso R, de Vargas AC. Antigenic characterization of Moraxella bovis, Moraxella bovoculi and Moraxella ovis strains with potential use in vaccines. Vet Microbiol 2018; 210:56-63. [PMID: 29103697 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Moraxella bovis is historically known as the primary agent of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK). However, Moraxella bovoculi and Moraxella ovis are also reported to be involved in the pathogenesis of IBK, therefore, these three species should be included in the development of a new vaccine with a broad-spectrum protection against the disease natural challenge. In this study we investigated the antigenic properties of clinical isolates and reference strains of M. bovis, M. bovoculi and M. ovis using a novel in vitro approach for vaccine evaluation based on two techniques, flow cytometry and western blotting (WB). Here, we demonstrated that rabbit antisera produced against reference M. bovis strain and commercial bacterin showed low number of IgG with capacity to recognize a panel of heterologous strains composed by M. bovoculi and M. ovis. On the other hand, the antisera generated against two clinical isolates of M. ovis (Mov2 and Mov3) presented high cross-reactivity levels against all M. ovis and M. bovis strains evaluated. Similarly, the antisera against Mbv3 (clinical isolate of M. bovoculi) had high levels of IgG associated on the surface of all M. bovoculi strains and most of the M. ovis strains analyzed. The WB analysis demonstrated that Moraxella spp. has multiple immunogenic antigens and most of them are shared between the three species. Based on the cross-reactivity analysis and considering the relative number of IgGs associated on the bacterial surface, we suggest that a multivalent vaccine including Mbv3, Mov2 and Mov3 strains may provide a strong and broad protection against all strains involved in IBK outbreaks.
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- Ananda Paula Kowalski
- Setor de Bacteriologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, 1000, Camobi, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (RS) CEP 97105-900, Brazil.
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia Avançada, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Campus I, Bairro São José, BR 282, km 171, CEP 99052-900, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia Avançada, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Campus I, Bairro São José, BR 282, km 171, CEP 99052-900, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Setor de Bacteriologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, 1000, Camobi, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (RS) CEP 97105-900, Brazil
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- Setor de Bacteriologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, 1000, Camobi, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (RS) CEP 97105-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia Avançada, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Campus I, Bairro São José, BR 282, km 171, CEP 99052-900, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunologia Aplicada, Setor de Biotecnologia, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, CEP 96010-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia Avançada, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Campus I, Bairro São José, BR 282, km 171, CEP 99052-900, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Setor de Bacteriologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, 1000, Camobi, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (RS) CEP 97105-900, Brazil
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