Outer membrane protein 2 gene sequences indicate that Chlamydia pecorum and Chlamydia pneumoniae cause infections in koalas

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-464

  Glassick, Tina ^a   Giffard, Philip ^a   Timms, Peter ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ForBio Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

C. pecorum; C. pneumoniae; Chlamydia; Koalas omp 2 gene sequence; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EQUUS CABALLUS; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 0029858893     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(96)80077-4     Document Type: Article

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