Leech mycetome endosymbionts are a new lineage of alphaproteobacteria related to the Rhizobiaceae

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 178-186

  Siddall, Mark E ^a   Perkins, Susan L ^a,b   Desser, Sherwin S ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leech mycetome endosymbiont; Phylogeny; Reichenowia; Rhizobiaceae

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HIRUDINIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; REICHENOWIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0345832218     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00184-2     Document Type: Article

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