Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA of the cytoplasmic bacterium Wolbachia from the novel host Folsomia candida (Hexapoda, Collembola) and its implications for wolbachial taxonomy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-286

  Vandekerckhove, Tom T M ^a,b   Watteyne, Stephanie ^b   Willems, Anne ^a   Swings, Jean G ^a,c   Mertens, Johan ^b   Gillis, Monique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S phylogeny; Folsomia candida; Intracellular microorganism; Maternal inheritance; Transmission electron microscopy; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WOLBACHIA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOTOMIDAE; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; WOLBACHIEAE;

EID: 0032705371     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00499-1     Document Type: Article

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