Mycoplasma anserisalpingitidis infection is associated with the inflammation of genital tract and cloaca, embryo lethality, decreased egg production in geese, leading to serious economic losses. M. has been detected mainly Central Eastern Europe, especially Hungary, but pathogen was identified recently China, predicting it’s worldwide occurrence. In this study, a novel multilocus sequence typin...

Mycobacterium xenopi is an opportunistic mycobacterial pathogen of increasing clinical importance. Surveillance of M. xenopi is hampered by the absence of tools for genotyping and molecular epidemiology. In this study, we describe the development and evaluation of an effective multilocus sequence typing strategy for M. xenopi.