Phylogenetic analysis of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated from ticks in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-247

  Ishikura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Fujita, Hiromi ^b   Ando, Shuji ^a   Matsuura, Kumiko ^a   Watanabe, Mamoru ^a  

^a TOYAMA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Ohara General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification of rickettsia; Phylogenetic analysis; Spotted fever group rickettsia; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; GENE; GENE GLTA; GENE ROMPA; GENETIC CODE; HAEMAPHYSALIS FRAVA; IXODES; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; RICKETSSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA COOLEYI; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR; FELIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; JAPONICA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA COOLEYI; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIALES; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP;

EID: 0036235816     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02692.x     Document Type: Article

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