Current knowledge on phylogeny and taxonomy of rickettsia spp.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1166, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-11

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Review; Rickettsia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA; TAXONOMY;

ARTHROPODA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 67649726849     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04528.x     Document Type: Article

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