Rickettsia felis: Molecular characterization of a new member of the spotted fever group

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 339-347

  Bouyer, D H ^a   Stenos, J ^a   Crocquet Valdes, P ^a   Moron, C G ^a   Popov, V L ^a   Zavala Velazquez, J E ^a   Foil, L D ^a   Stothard, D R ^a   Azad, A F ^a   Walker, D H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

17 kDa gene; Ctenocephalides felis; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsial outer membrane protein A; Tandem repeat domain

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TESTIS; TRACHEA; TYPHUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; HYPODERRIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIALES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 0035068816     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-51-2-339     Document Type: Article

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