A phylogenetic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato based on sequence information from the hbb gene, coding for a histone-like protein

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Valsangiacomo, Claudio ^a   Balmelli, Tiziano ^a   Piffaretti, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIROCHETE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA JAPONICA; BORRELIA PARKERI; BORRELIA TURICATAE; JAPONICA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0031031404     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-1     Document Type: Article

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