An Australian environmental survey reveals moderate Spiroplasma biodiversity: Characterization of four new serogroups and a continental variant

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1347-1354

  Regassa, Laura B ^a   Murphy, April C ^a   Zarzuela, Alexander B ^a   Jandhyam, Haritha L ^a   Bostick, David S ^a   Bates, C Ryan ^a   Gasparich, Gail E ^b   Whitcomb, Robert F ^c   French, Frank E ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Mollicute; Serology; Spiroplasma; Tabanidae

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; AUSTRALIA; DARK FIELD MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SEROGROUPS; SEROTYPES; SPIROPLASMAS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLONE CELLS; CLONING; IMMUNOLOGY; RNA; SURVEYS;

STRAIN;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; CLADISTICS; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLADISTICS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HONEYBEE; HOST; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA TURONICUM;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; ECOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SPIROPLASMA;

AUSTRALIA; FRANCE;

APIS; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA TURONICUM; TABANIDAE;

EID: 74549175285     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-097     Document Type: Article

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