Microbial communities and interactions in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4371-4381

  Clay, K ^a   Klyachko, O ^a   Grindle, N ^a   Civitello, D ^a   Oleske, D ^a   Fuqua, C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenophonus; Co infection; Coxiella; Molecular diagnostics; Rickettsia; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDETES; BITES AND STINGS; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTEROIDETES; BITES AND STINGS; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC VARIATION; IXODIDAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARSENOPHONUS; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; COXIELLA; EHRLICHIA; IXODIDA; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 52649155001     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03914.x     Document Type: Article

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