Phylogenetic placement of rickettsiae from the ticks Amblyomma americanum and ixodes scapularis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1305-1317

  Weller, Susan J ^a   Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Noda, Hiroaki ^b   Simser, Jason ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

AMBLYOMMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONTANA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SYMBIOSIS; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODES SCAPULARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031957404     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1305-1317.1998     Document Type: Article

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