Increasing diversity within Chlamydiae

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-78

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

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydia like; Chlamydiales; Endosymbionts; Parachlamydia; Simkania; Waddlia

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

CATTLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; DNA DETERMINATION; ECOLOGY; EYE INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEPTIC ABORTION; SIMKANIA; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; TAXONOMY; WADDLIA;

ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; BOS TAURUS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES; SIMKANIA; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; WADDLIA;

EID: 0037285435     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713610404     Document Type: Review

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