Genetic characteristics of Borrelia coriaceae isolates from the soft tick Ornithodoros coriaceus (Acari: Argasidae)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2678-2682

  Hendson, Mavis ^a,b   Lane, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Justice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BORRELIA PARKERI; HEXAPODA; ORNITHODOROS CORIACEUS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; PROTOZOA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0033942264     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2678-2682.2000     Document Type: Article

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