Phylogenetic characterization of Legionella-like endosymbiotic X-bacteria in Amoeba proteus: A proposal for 'Candidatus Legionella jeonii' sp. nov

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1252-1263

  Park, Miey ^a   Seong, Tae Yun ^a   Mu, Soo Kim ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^a   Tae, In Ahn ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; IMMUNOPHILIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, RRNA; IMMUNOPHILINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYMBIOSIS;

AMOEBA PROTEUS; AMOEBA PROTEUS SYMBIOTIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA SP.;

EID: 5344251978     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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