Rickettsia buchneri sp. Nov., a rickettsial endosymbiont of the blacklegged tick ixodes scapularis

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 965-970

  Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Felsheim, Roderick F ^a   Burkhardt, Nicole Y ^a   Oliver, Jonathan D ^a   Heu, Chan C ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO CELL; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BUCHNERI; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TYPE STRAIN; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OVARY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; IXODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84925008974     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.000047     Document Type: Article

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