Missing links in the divergence of Chlamydophila abortus from Chlamydophila psittaci

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 761-770

  Van Loock, M ^a   Vanrompay, Daisy ^b   Herrmann, B ^c   Vander Stappen, J ^a   Volckaert, G ^a   Goddeeris, B M ^a   Everett, K D E ^d  

^a LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAKEET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, CATALYTIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANAS SP.; ARATINGA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; PROKARYOTA; PSITTACIDAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038654450     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02329-0     Document Type: Article

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