Molecular evidence for novel chlamydial infections in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-253

  Devereaux, Lisa N ^a   Polkinghorne, Adam ^a   Meijer, Adam ^b   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia like; Chlamydophila pecorum; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Koala; Uncultured koala Chlamydiales

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEAR; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KOALA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038352086     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322346092     Document Type: Article

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