Limited diversity among human isolates of Bartonella henselae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4691-4699

  Dillon, B ^a   Valenzuela, J ^a   Don, R ^a,d   Blanckenberg, D ^a   Wigney, D I ^a   Malik, R ^a   Morris, A J ^c   Robson, J M ^b   Iredell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLTA GENE; INHERITANCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPA GENE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036899389     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4691-4699.2002     Document Type: Article

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