Bartonella alsatica sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rabbits

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 283-288

  Heller, Rémy ^a   Kubina, Maryline ^a   Mariet, Philippe ^a   Riegel, Philippe ^a   Delacour, Gilles ^b   Dehio, Christoph ^c   Lamarque, François ^b   Kasten, Rick ^d   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^e   Monteil, Henri ^a   Chomel, Bruno ^c   Piémont, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Off Natl de la Chasse S Benoist   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Bartonella alsatica; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Wild rabbit; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLACEAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLACEAE; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032932636     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-1-283     Document Type: Article

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