Characterization of the koala biovar of Chlamydia pneumoniae at four gene loci - ompAVD4, ompB, 16S rRNA, groESL spacer region

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-27

  Wardrop, Stacey ^a   Fowler, Anthony ^a   O'Callaghan, Paul ^b   Giffard, Phillip ^b   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Clonal; OmpAVD4; ompB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEAR; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA PORCELLUS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIDAE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; RICKETTSIALES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033021433     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80024-1     Document Type: Article

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