Hemotropic mycoplasmas in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Keel, Michael K ^b,c   Yabsley, Michael ^b   Last, Lisa A ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Haemoplasma; Hemotropic mycoplasma; Mycplasma; WNS

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BAT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HOST RANGE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMURIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS DESTRUCANS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN;

EID: 84899080038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-117     Document Type: Article

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