ECOLOGY OF RHODOCOCCUS-EQUI
ECOLOGY OF RHODOCOCCUS-EQUI
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DOI:
10.1016/0378-1135(84)90079-8
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
HUGHES, KL
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作者:
BARTON, MD;HUGHES, KL
A selective broth enrichment technique was used to study the distribution of R. equi [a veterinary pathogen] in soil and grazing animals. R. equi was isolated from 54% of soils examined and from the gut contents, rectal feces and dung of all grazing herbivorous species examined. R. equi was not isolated from the feces or dung of penned animals which did not have access to grazing. The isolation rate from dung was much higher than from other samples; this was found to be due to the ability of R. equi to multiply more readily in dung. Delayed hypersensitivity tests were carried out on horses, sheep and cattle; only horses reacted significantly. The physiological characteristics of R. equi and the nature of its distribution in the environment suggested that R. equi is a soil organism.