"Candidatus Midichloriaceae" fam. Nov. (Rickettsiales), an ecologically: Widespread clade of intracellular alphaproteobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3241-3248

  Montagna, Matteo ^a   Sassera, Davide ^a   Epis, Sara ^a   Bazzocchi, Chiara ^a   Vannini, Claudia ^b   Lo, Nathan ^c   Sacchi, Luciano ^d   Fukatsu, Takema ^e   Petroni, Giulio ^b   Bandi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; LIFE HISTORY; METAZOA; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; PROTISTA;

BACTERIA; RNA;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST RANGE; LIFE HISTORY; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; RNA GENE; TICK;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICKS;

EID: 84877157125     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03971-12     Document Type: Article

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