Isolation of Bartonella rattimassiliensis sp. nov. and Bartonella phoceensis sp. nov. from European Rattus norvegicus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3816-3818

  Gundi, Vijay A K B ^a   Davoust, Bernard ^b   Khamis, Atieh ^a   Boni, Mickaël ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Dir du Serv de S en Reg Sud Est   (France)

^c Grp de Sec Vet Interarmees   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA PHOCEENSIS; BARTONELLA RATTIMASSILIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RATS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 3843051383     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3816-3818.2004     Document Type: Article

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