Novel molecular markers of Chlamydia pecorum genetic diversity in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Marsh, James ^a   Kollipara, Avinash ^a   Timms, Peter ^a   Polkinghorne, Adam ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; KOALA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; OVIS ARIES; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79955106430     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-77     Document Type: Article

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