Molecular evidence for the existence of additional members of the order Chlamydiales

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 411-417

  Ossewaarde, Jacobus M ^a   Meijer, Adam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Chlamydia; Parachlamydia; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RNA GENE;

EID: 0033065408     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-2-411     Document Type: Article

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