RNase P RNA gene (rnpB) phylogeny of hemoplasmas and other Mycoplasma species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1873-1877

  Peters, Iain R ^a   Helps, Chris R ^a   McAuliffe, Laura ^b   Neimark, Harold ^c   Lappin, Michael R ^d   Gruftydd Jones, Timothy J ^a   Day, Michael J ^a   Hoelzle, Ludwig E ^e   Willi, Barbara ^e   Meli, Marina ^e   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^e   Tasker, Séverine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLADISTICS; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FASTIDIOSUM; MYCOPLASMATACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASE P; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FASTIDIOSUM;

EID: 43649099194     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01859-07     Document Type: Article

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