Phylogenetic diversity of intra-amoebal legionellae as revealed by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3525-3530

  Birtles, Richard J ^a   Rowbotham, Timothy J ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a   Harrison, Timothy G ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Amoebae; Legionella lytica; LLAPs; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030472247     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3525     Document Type: Article

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