Spiroplasma eriocheiris sp. nov., associated with mortality in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 703-708

  Wang, Wen ^a   Gu, Wei ^a   Gasparich, Gail E ^b   Bi, Keran ^a,c   Ou, Jiangtao ^a   Meng, Qingguo ^a   Liang, Tingming ^a   Feng, Qi ^a   Zhang, Jianqiong ^d   Zhang, And Ying ^d  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; RNA 16S; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CRAB; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTOMOPLASMATALES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMOLYMPH; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA ERIOCHEIRIS; SPIROPLASMA MIRUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; BRACHYURA; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HEMOLYMPH; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIROPLASMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MIRUM;

EID: 79955443354     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.020529-0     Document Type: Article

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