Ultrastructure of a Japanese rickettsial strain genetically identified as Rickettsia helvetica which was originally found in Europe

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 535-539

  Yano, Yasuhiro ^a   Fujita, Hiromi ^b   Takada, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Ohara General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ixodes ovatus; Rickettsia helvetica; Spotted fever group rickettsia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EUROPE; IXODES; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODES; IXODES OVATUS; OVATUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIALES; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 3242803801     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03549.x     Document Type: Article

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