Identification of Rickettsiae isolated in Japan as Coxiella burnetii by 16S rRNA sequencing

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 883-884

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Sawaki, Katsuji ^a   Nagaoka, Hiromi ^b   Akiyama, Masato ^b   Hirai, Katsuya ^c   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HYGIENE   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0030749661     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-883     Document Type: Article

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