16S rRNA-, GroEL- and MucZ-based assessment of the taxonomic position of 'Rickettsiella melolonthae' and its implications for the organization of the genus Rickettsiella

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 749-755

  Leclerque, Andrea ^a   Kleespies, Regina G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN MUCZ; PROTEIN RRS; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLACEAE; LEGIONELLALES; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIELLA; RICKETTSIELLA GRYLLI; RICKETTSIELLA MELOLONTHAE; RICKETTSIELLA POPILLIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIALES; COLEOPTERA; COXIELLA BURNETII; COXIELLACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LEGIONELLALES; MELOLONTHA HIPPOCASTANI; MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA; RICKETTSIALES; RICKETTSIELLA; RICKETTSIELLA GRYLLI; RICKETTSIELLA POPILLIAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GROEL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 38349135998     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65359-0     Document Type: Article

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