Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov., isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1673-1675

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Takada, Nobuhiro ^b   Fujita, Hiromi ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN B; PROTEIN GLTA; PROTEIN SCA4; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TAMURAE; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; TYPE STRAIN;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; IXODIDAE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AMBLYOMMA; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 33746265917     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64134-0     Document Type: Article

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