Genetic and electron-microscopic characterization of Rickettsiella tipulae, an intracellular bacterial pathogen of the crane fly, Tipula paludosa

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Leclerque, Andreas ^a   Kleespies, Regina G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal DNA; Associated proteinaceous crystals; Giant bodies; Legionellales; Rickettsiales; Rickettsiella popilliae; Rickettsiella tipulae; Tipula paludosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COXIELLACEAE; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAT BODY; FLY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LARVA; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; COXIELLACEAE; DIPTERA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAT BODY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LEGIONELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; LEGIONELLALES; PROTEOBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES; RICKETTSIELLA; RICKETTSIELLA POPILLIAE; TIPULA PALUDOSA; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 42649092293     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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