Infectivity, transmission and 16S rRNA sequencing of a rickettsia, Coxiella cheraxi sp. nov., from the freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-122

  Tan, C K ^a   Owens, L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; Coxiella cheraxi; Crayfish; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIUM; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RICKETTSIA LIKE ORGANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIVITY;

ASTACOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; COXIELLA CHERAXI; DECAPODA; GALLUS GALLUS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; RICKETTSIEAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0034686320     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao041115     Document Type: Article

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