In situ detection of novel bacterial endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. phylogenetically related to members of the order Rickettsiales

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 206-212

  Fritsche, Thomas R ^a   Horn, Matthias ^b   Seyedirashti, Seyedreza ^a,d   Gautom, Romesh K ^c   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^b   Wagner, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Washington State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIALES; METAZOA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032932623     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.206-212.1999     Document Type: Article

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