Rickettsia asiatica sp. nov., isolated in Japan

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2365-2368

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

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d Specified Medical Corporation Jisenkai Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IXODES; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA ASIATICA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; IXODES; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

IXODES OVATUS; IXODIDA; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA ASIATICA;

EID: 33750014014     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64177-0     Document Type: Article

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