Palaeogeographical evolution of the Rattray Volcanic Province, Central North Sea

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Characterization of United Kingdom Isolates of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

Caseous lymphadenitis is a chronic suppurative disease caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and is responsible for serious economic losses to the sheep and goat industry. Caseous lymphadenitis was first reported for goats in the United Kingdom in 1990 and for sheep in 1991. Recent evidence suggests that the prevalence of the disease within the national flock is increasing. Fifty isolates of C. pseudotuberculosis from the United Kingdom comprising sheep and horse isolates, the original goat outbreak strain, and the type strain were characterized by biotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility, production of phospholipase D, and genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis using SfiI and SmaI. All of the isolates were confirmed as C. pseudotuberculosis, and all produced phospholipase D but none reduced nitrate. Restriction with SfiI generated 16 to 18 bands between 48.5 and 290 kb and differentiated six pulsotypes. We conclude that 80% of the strains tested were epidemiologically related to the outbreak strain and that the equine profile was distinct both phenotypically and genotypically

The rattray volcanics:Mid-jurassic fissure volcanism in the UK Central North Sea

PGS are thanked for the generous donation of the MegaSurveyPlus and MegaSurvey 3D seismic data sets. The British Geological Survey are thanked for the generous donation of Digital Magnetic Anomaly data over the Central North Sea. Nexen are thanked for the use of the AM852D1009 2D seismic data. Well and 2D seismic data were downloaded from the UK Oil & Gas Common Data Access (CDA) portal. Offshore gravity and other magnetic anomaly data were accessed on the BGS Offshore GeoIndex. GB onshore aeromagnetic data was downloaded from the BGS Open Geoscience website. Interpretation was carried out using IHS Kingdom, Foster Findlay Associates’ (FFA) GeoTeric and Schlumberger Techlog software. AQ thanks Jonathon Hardman for his advice on spectral decomposition and Niall Mark and Jessica Pugsley for their helpful discussions. We would like to acknowledge John Dixon who pioneered the work on the Triple Junction and who was a key mentor to both NS and JRU. Craig Magee and an anonymous reviewer are thanked for their suggestions which substantially improved this manuscript. Funding This work is part of AQ’s PhD research which is funded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. AQ would like to thank the Carnegie Trust for their continued support.Peer reviewedPostprin