'Cand. Actinochlamydia clariae' gen. nov., sp. nov., a Unique Intracellular Bacterium Causing Epitheliocystis in Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Uganda

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Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Steigen, Andreas ^a   Nylund, Are ^a   Karlsbakk, Egil ^b   Akoll, Peter ^c   Fiksdal, Ingrid U ^b   Nylund, Stian ^a   Odong, Robinson ^c   Plarre, Heidrun ^a   Semyalo, Ronald ^d   Skår, Cecilie ^b   Watanabe, Kuninori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOCHLAMYDIA CLARIAE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPITHELIOCYSTIS; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ICHTHYOBODO; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PISCICHLAMYDIA SALMONIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWIMMING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHODINA; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATFISHES; CHLAMYDIALES; EPITHELIUM; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; INCLUSION BODIES; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UGANDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PISCICHLAMYDIA SALMONIS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; ICHTHYOBODO SP.; SALMO SALAR; TRICHODINA;

EID: 84879475514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066840     Document Type: Article

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