Molecular detection of Rickettsia, Coxiella and Rickettsiella DNA in three native Australian tick species

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-242

  Vilcins, Inger Marie E ^a   Old, Julie M ^b   Deane, Elizabeth ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coxiella; Rickettsia; Rickettsiella; Tick

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; COXIELLA; COXIELLACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOALA; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COXIELLA; COXIELLACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTHRIOCROTON; BOTHRIOCROTON AURUGINANS; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; IXODES; IXODES TASMANI; IXODIDA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIELLA; TACHYGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 70350105910     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9260-4     Document Type: Article

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