| variable number tandem repeat (vntr) typing of strains of mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony isolated from the north-eastern regions of italy between 1990 and 1993. | the origin of the outbreaks of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp) in italy between 1990 and 1993 were never successfully traced mainly due to the close similarity of the strains of the causative mycoplasma, mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (mmmsc) and the limitations of the typing tools available at the time. in this report we examined a selection of strains isolated in the veneto and friuli venezia giulia regions of italy by the highly discriminatory variable number ta ... | 2011 | 20663618 |