Characterization of 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia lotoris' (family Anaplasmataceae) from raccoons (Procyon lotor)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2794-2798

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Murphy, Staci M ^a   Luttrell, M Page ^a   Wilcox, Benjamin R ^a   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLTA; PROTEIN GROESL; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOEHRLICHIA LOTORIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RATTUS;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RACCOONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58949093119     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65836-0     Document Type: Article

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