Gene-sequence-based criteria for species definition in bacteriology: The Bartonella paradigm

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 318-321

  La Scola, Bernard ^a   Zeaiter, Zaher ^a   Khamis, Atieh ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA DOSHIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA SCHOENBUCHENSIS; BARTONELLA TAYLORII; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; BARTONELLA VINSONII; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA BIRTLESII; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA DOSHIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA SCHOENBUCHENSIS; BARTONELLA TAYLORII; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; BARTONELLA VINSONII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0142043802     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00143-4     Document Type: Review

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