Molecular evidence to support the expansion of the hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to include reptiles as well as humans, horses, koalas and amphibians

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 146-152

  Bodetti, Tracey J ^a   Jacobson, Elliott ^a   Wan, Charles ^b   Hafner, Louise ^a   Pospischil, Andreas ^c   Rose, Karrie ^d   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydiales; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Host range

Indexed keywords

DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RNA 16S;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FROG; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SNAKE; TURTLE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARSUPIAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; CHAMAELEONIDAE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; IGUANIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; REPTILIA; RICKETTSIALES; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035989126     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00086     Document Type: Article

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