Characterization of a 'Bacteroidetes' symbiont in Encarsia wasps (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae): Proposal of 'Candidatus Cardinium hertigii'

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 961-968

  Zchori Fein, Einat ^a   Perlman, Steve J ^b   Kelly, Suzanne E ^b   Katzir, Nurit ^a   Hunter, Martha S ^b  

^a Newe Ya'ar Research Center   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; RNA 16S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBOPHILUS ASIATICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDETES; BREVIPALPUS; CARDINIUM HERTIGII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYMENOPTERA; IXODES; MICROFILAMENT; MITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; TICK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS; TERMINOLOGY; WASPS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACARI; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BREVIPALPUS; CANDIDATUS AMOEBOPHILUS; CANDIDATUS CARDINIUM HERTIGII; CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGA AURANTIACA; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA HISPIDA; ENCARSIA PERGANDIELLA; HYMENOPTERA; IXODES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2942687515     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02957-0     Document Type: Article

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