The novel 'Candidatus Amphibiichlamydia ranarum' is highly prevalent in invasive exotic bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus)

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-108

  Martel, An ^a   Adriaensen, Connie ^a   Sharifian Fard, Mojdeh ^a   Vandewoestyne, Mado ^a   Deforce, Dieter ^a   Favoreel, Herman ^a   Bergen, Karolien ^a   Spitzen van der Sluijs, Annemarieke ^c   Devisscher, Sander ^b   Adriaens, Tim ^b   Louette, Gerald ^b   Baert, Kristof ^b   Hyatt, Alex ^d   Crameri, Sandra ^d   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Pasmans, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c RAVON   (Netherlands)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; NETHERLANDS; RANA CATESBEIANA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIALES; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84873301235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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