Entomoplasma freundtii sp. nov., a new species from a green tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1197-1204

  Tully, Joseph G ^a   Whitcomb, Robert F ^b   Hackett, Kevin J ^b   Williamson, David L ^c   Laigret, Frederic ^d   Carle, Patricia ^d   Bové, Joseph M ^d   Henegar, Roberta B ^b   Ellis, Nicole M ^e   Dodge, Deborah E ^e   Adams, Jean ^b  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomoplasma freundtii sp. nov.; Green tiger beetle; Mollicute

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEETLE; ENTOMOPLASMA FREUNDTII; INTESTINE; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ENTOMOPLASMA FREUNDTII; MYCOPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 0031756037     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1197     Document Type: Article

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