First isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis from commercial pasteurized milk in Argentina

First isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis from commercial pasteurized milk in Argentina

Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis was isolated from two out of seventy samples (2.86 %) of pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized milk. The isolates were positives to IS900 PCR and showed a C17 RFLP pattern, the most prevalent in Argentina. The present study is the first report of Mycobacterium...

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Main Authors: Fernando Paolicchi, Karina Cirone, Claudia Morsella, Andrea Gioffré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2012-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Paratuberculosis
Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis
pasteurized milk
PCR IS900
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000300028
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Summary:Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis was isolated from two out of seventy samples (2.86 %) of pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized milk. The isolates were positives to IS900 PCR and showed a C17 RFLP pattern, the most prevalent in Argentina. The present study is the first report of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis culture from pasteurized milk in Argentina.
ISSN:1517-8382
1678-4405

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