New genomospecies related to Borrelia valaisiana, isolated from mammals in Okinawa archipelago, Japan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 421-426

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Naoya ^a   Kudeken, Midori ^a   Kadosaka, Teruki ^b   Nakamura, Masaji ^c   Kawabata, Hiroki ^d   Koizumi, Nobuo ^d   Imai, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FLAGELLIN; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLAGELLIN; GENOME, BACTERIAL; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 2342653486     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05337-0     Document Type: Article

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