Draft genome sequence of Rickettsia sp. strain MEAM1, isolated from the whitefly Bemisia tabaci

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4741-4742

  Rao, Qiong ^a   Wang, Shuang ^b   Zhu, Dan Tong ^a   Wang, Xiao Wei ^a   Liu, Shu Sheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SWEET POTATO WHITEFLY; SYMBIONT; WHITEFLY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMIPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 84866328754     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00909-12     Document Type: Note

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