Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing ixodes ricinus ticks: Comparison of prevalences and partial 16S rRNA gene variants in urban, pasture, and natural habitats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1730-1734

  Overzier, Evelyn ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a   Thiel, Claudia ^a   Herb, Ingrid ^a   Mahling, Monia ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; HABITAT TYPE; NATURAL HABITAT;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES;

RNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

GENE; HABITAT TYPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLASMA; RNA; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874705035     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03300-12     Document Type: Article

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