Phylogenetic analysis of Borrelia species based on flagellin gene sequences and its application for molecular typing of lyme disease borreliae

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 898-905

  Fukunaga, Masahito ^a   Okada, Keiji ^a   Nakao, Minoru ^b   Konishi, Tatsuya ^b   Sato, Yukita ^b  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA ANSERINA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA HISPANICA; BORRELIA JAPONICA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA PARKERI; BORRELIA TURICATAE; JAPONICA;

EID: 0029836887     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-898     Document Type: Article

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