Rickettsiella-like Bacteria in Ixodes woodi (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 534-540

  Kurtti, Timothy J ^b   Palmer, Ann T ^b   Oliver Jr , James H ^a  

^a Southern Arkansas University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endosymbionts; Ixodes woodi; Rickettsiella; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INSECTA; IXODES WOODI; IXODIDAE; MALPIGHIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RICKETTSIELLA; RICKETTSIELLA GRYLLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IXODES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RICKETTSIEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0036583988     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.534     Document Type: Article

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