Genome sequence of "candidatus mycoplasma haemolamae" strain purdue, a red blood cell pathogen of alpacas (Vicugna pacos) and llamas (Lama glama)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 6312-6313

  Guimaraes, Ana M S ^a,b   Toth, Balazs ^a   Santos, Andrea P ^a   Nascimento, Naíla C do ^a   Kritchevsky, Janice E ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAPES Fulbright Program   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LAMA GLAMA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOLAMAE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICUGNA PACOS;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; ERYTHROCYTES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

CAMELIDAE; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOLAMAE; LAMA GLAMA; VICUGNA PACOS;

EID: 84869104545     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01557-12     Document Type: Note

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