Laboratory of Animal Health Biotechnology, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, The National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604, Singapore,1
Institute for Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Berne, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland2
Received 3 June 2002/
Returned for modification 9 July 2002/
Accepted 29 July 2002
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