Characterization of an endosymbiont infecting wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, as a member of the genus Francisella

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3933-3940

  Niebylski, Mark L ^a   Peacock, Mort G ^a   Fischer, Elizabeth R ^a   Porcella, Stephen F ^a   Schwan, Tom G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SYMBIOSIS; TICK; VERO CELL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. TULARENSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0030748870     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3933-3940.1997     Document Type: Article

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