Hard ticks and their bacterial endosymbionts (or would be pathogens)

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 419-428

  Ahantarig, Arunee ^a   Trinachartvanit, Wachareeporn ^a   Baimai, Visut ^a   Grubhoffer, Libor ^b  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENOPHONUS; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA; FRANCISELLA; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84881026663     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-013-0222-1     Document Type: Review

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