Bartonella bacteria in nature: Where does population variability end and a species start?

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 894-904

  Kosoy, Michael ^a   Hayman, David T S ^b,c,d,e   Chan, Kung Sik ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Biological species; Genetic diversity; Host specificity; Microbial species; Population structure of bacteria

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA BOVIS; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA TAMIAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLA WASHOENSIS; BARTONELLOSIS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84860361161     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.03.005     Document Type: Review

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