Absence of Wolbachia Endobacteria in Chandlerella quiscali, an avian filarial parasite

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 382-387

  McNulty, Samantha N ^a   Fischer, Kerstin ^a   Mehus, Joseph O ^b   Vaughan, Jefferson A ^b   Tkach, Vasyl V ^b   Weil, Gary J ^a   Fischer, Peter U ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BACTERIAL DISEASE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYBRIDIZATION; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIRD; CHANDLERELLA QUISCALI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; WOLBACHIA;

AVES; ENDOBACTERIA; QUISCALUS QUISCULA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84860279794     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2879.1     Document Type: Article

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