Genetic classification and differentiation of Bartonella species based on comparison of partial ftsZ gene sequences

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3641-3647

  Zeaiter, Zaher ^a   Liang, Zhongxing ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLA ARUPENSIS; BARTONELLA BERKHOFFI; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA DOSHIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMI; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA SCHOENBUCHENSIS; BARTONELLA TAYLORII; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA DOSHIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA SCHOENBUCHENSIS; BARTONELLA TAYLORII; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. ARUPENSIS; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. VINSONII; FELIS CATUS; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036791218     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3641-3647.2002     Document Type: Article

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