Coinfection of dermacentor Silvarum olenev (Acari: Ixodidae) by coxiella-like, arsenophonus-like, and rickettsia-like symbionts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2450-2454

  Liu, Limeng ^a   Li, Lingxia ^a   Liu, Jiannan ^a   Hu, Yonghong ^a   Liu, Zhao ^a   Guo, Lida ^b   Liu, Jingze ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hebei College of Industry and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; CO-INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

RNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COXIELLA; DERMACENTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COXIELLA; DERMACENTOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ACARI; ARSENOPHONUS; COXIELLA; DERMACENTOR SILVARUM; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 84875500261     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03575-12     Document Type: Article

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