A new Rickettsia from a herbivorous insect, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-128

  Chen, De Qiao ^a,c   Campbell, Bruce C ^b   Purcell, Alexander H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; INSECT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0029797713     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900086     Document Type: Article

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