Simkania negevensis strain Z(T): Growth, antigenic and genome characteristics

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 815-820

  Kahane, Simona ^a   Everett, Karin D E ^b,c   Kimmel, Nina ^a   Friedman, Maureen G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Chlamydiales; Genome size; rDNA copy number; Simkaniaceae

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; SULFADIAZINE;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL INCLUSION; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CYTOLYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIALES; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; SIMKANIACEAE;

EID: 0032901226     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-815     Document Type: Article

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