Spiroplasma atrichopogonis sp. nov., from a ceratopogonid biting midge

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 289-292

  Koerber, R Thomas ^a   Gasparich, Gail E ^a   Frana, Mark F ^b   Grogan Jr , William L ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCOSE; GUANINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATABOLISM; CELL SHAPE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTOMOPLASMATALES; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA ATRICHOPOGONIS; SPIROPLASMA MIRUM; SPIROPLASMATACEAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SEROTYPING; SPIROPLASMA;

ATRICHOPOGON; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; ENTOMOPLASMATALES; MOLLICUTES; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MIRUM; SPIROPLASMA SP.;

EID: 13244295540     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02465-0     Document Type: Article

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