Serological and molecular characterization of Mesoplasma seiffertii strains isolated from hematophagous dipterans in France

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 112-115

  Gros, Olivier ^a   Saillard, Colette ^b   Helias, Catherine ^a   Le Goff, Francette ^a   Marjolet, Michel ^c   Bové, Joseph M ^b   Chastel, Claude ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

AEDES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; FRANCE; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOPS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MESOPLASMA ENTOMOPHILUM; MESOPLASMA FLORUM; MESOPLASMA SEIFFERTII; MOLLICUTES; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; OCHLEROTATUS DETRITUS; TABANIDAE;

EID: 0030034894     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-112     Document Type: Article

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