Borrelia tanukii sp. nov. and Borrelia turdae sp. nov. found from ixodid ticks in Japan: Rapid species identification by 16S rRNA gene-targeted PCR analysis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 877-881

  Fukunaga, Masahito ^a   Hamase, Akiko ^a   Okada, Keiji ^a   Nakao, Minoru ^b  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Borrelia tanukii; Borrelia turdae; PCR; Phyla

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IXODES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA TANUKII; BORRELIA TURDAE; BORRELIA TURDI; IXODES; IXODES TANUKI; IXODES TURDUS; IXODIDAE; TURDUS;

EID: 0030471903     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01154.x     Document Type: Article

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