Estrella lausannensis, a new star in the Chlamydiales order

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 1232-1241

  Lienard, Julia ^a   Croxatto, Antony ^a   Prod'hom, Guy ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydiae; Criblamydiaceae; Intracellular bacteria; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ESTRELLA LAUSANNENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; CHLAMYDIALES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 80755180506     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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