Description of Tropheryma whipplei gen. nov., sp. nov., the Whipple's disease bacillus

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1471-1479

  La Scola, B ^a   Fenollar, F ^a   Fournier, P E ^a   Altwegg, M ^a   Mallet, M N ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

'Tropheryma whippelii'; Cell culture; Molecular characterization; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; EMBRYO; ENDOCARDITIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034915589     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-51-4-1471     Document Type: Article

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