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An Arcanobacterium haemolyticum strain isolated from a postcastrational lesion of a horse was identified phenotypically and genotypically. The latter was performed by sequencing the 16S–23S rDNA intergenic spacer region (ISR), by amplification of the gene encoding A. haemolyticum phospholipase D, by amplification of A. haemolyticum specific parts of ISR-23S rDNA and by amplification of the newly described CAMP factor family protein encoding gene of A. haemolyticum. This indicates (as described previously for seven additional A. haemolyticum strains; Hassan et al. 2009) that A. haemolyticum seems to occur also in infections of horses.
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Hijazin, M., Ülbegi-Mohyla, H., Alber, J. et al. Identification of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum isolated from postcastrational complications of a horse. Folia Microbiol 55, 666–668 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-010-0108-4
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