Evidence for the classification of a crayfish pathogen as a member of the genus Coxiella

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 558-563

  Cooper, A ^a   Layton, R ^a   Owens, L ^a   Ketheesan, N ^a   Govan, B ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; Coxiella burnetii; Genetic homology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CLONING; SHELLFISH;

16S RDNA; 16S RDNA SEQUENCING; CODING SEQUENCES; COXIELLUM BURNETII; FRESH WATER; GENETIC HOMOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PCR PRIMERS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

GENES;

DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE REDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

DNA; GENES; PATHOGENS;

BACTERIUM; CRAYFISH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DNA; HOMOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA; CRAYFISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASTACOIDEA; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; COXIELLA SP.;

EID: 35448987326     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02240.x     Document Type: Article

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