This book is designed for use in undergraduate courses. The whole field of bacteriology is considered, without undue weight on any particular subdivision, in an attempt to give the student a broad and sound knowledge of the subject as a branch of science in itself, rather than as merely a tool useful in other sciences. The book is logically arranged, concisely and readably written, and well ill...

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Bacteriology and histopathology are the most commonly used tests used for official confirmatory diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle in most countries. PCR is also being used increasingly because it allows a fast diagnosis. This test could be applied as a supplement to or replacement for current bTB confirmatory diagnostic tests but its characteristics have first to be evaluated. Th...

1- Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Faculty Medicine, Shiraz University Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2- Biochemistry, Kerman Kerman, 3- 4- , [email protected]

1 Bacteriology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy 9 and 2 Plant Bacteriology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, 10 Biosafety Outstation, Ca’Tron, Treviso, Italy 11 12 13 14 Running title: Inter-kingdom signaling in Xanthomonas oryzae 15 16 17 18 Corresponding author: Vittorio Venturi, Bacteriology Group, Internat...