Chlamydial symbionts in the enigmatic Xenoturbella (Deuterostomia)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Israelsson, Olle ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial symbiosis; Chlamydia; Chlamydial inclusions; Intracellular bacteria; Intron encoded homing endonuclease; Rickettsiella; Simkaniaceae; Xenoturbella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS FRITSCHEA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; DEUTEROSTOMIA; RICKETTSIELLA; SIMKANIA; SIMKANIACEAE; XENOTURBELLA;

EID: 35348871053     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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