RNA polymerase β-subunit-based phylogeny of Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., Neorickettsia spp. and Wolbachia pipientis

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 455-458

  Taillardat Bisch, Anne Véronique ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; GENBANK; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONOPHYLY; NEORICKETSSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANAPLASMA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EHRLICHIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEORICKETTSIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLBACHIA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; NEORICKETTSIA; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII; NEORICKETTSIA SENNETSU; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 0037356429     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02411-0     Document Type: Article

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