New parachlamydial 16S rDNA phylotypes detected in human clinical samples

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 563-567

  Corsaro, Daniele ^a   Venditti, Danielle ^a   Valassina, Marcello ^b  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydiales; Parachlamydia; Respiratory pathogen; Simkania

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIALES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FELIS; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; SIMKANIA; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; SIMKANIACEAE; VERTEBRATA; WADDLIACEAE;

EID: 0036841539     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01369-4     Document Type: Article

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