Evolutionary relationships among members of the genus Chlamydia based on 16S ribosomal DNA analysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4195-4205

  Pettersson, Bertil ^a   Andersson, Annalena ^a   Leitner, Thomas ^b   Olsvik, Ørjan ^c   Uhlén, Mathias ^a   Storey, Christopher ^d   Black, Carolyn M ^e,f  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIACEAE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 0030743723     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4195-4205.1997     Document Type: Article

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