Spiroplasma species, groups, and subgroups from North American Tabanidae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 287-293

  Whitcomb, Robert F ^a   French, Frank E ^b   Tully, Joseph G ^c   Carle, Patricia ^d   Henegar, Roberta ^a   Hackett, Kevin J ^a   Gasparich, Gail E ^a,f   Williamson, David L ^e  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS REACTION; ECOLOGY; FLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 0030722467     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900256     Document Type: Article

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