Mycoplasma ovis comb. nov. (formerly Eperythrozoon ovis), an epierythrocytic agent of haemolytic anaemia in sheep and goats

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-371

  Neimark, Harold ^a   Hoff, Brent ^b   Ganter, Martin ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE SEQUENCE; GOAT DISEASE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOST; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEMOLYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA OVIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842536144     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02858-0     Document Type: Article

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