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Organization, structure, and variability of the rRNA operon of the Whipple's disease bacterium (Tropheryma whippelii).
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2000
Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Lepp P W, Relman D A
Abstract excerpt
Whipple's disease is a systemic disorder associated with a cultivation-resistant, poorly characterized actinomycete, Tropheryma whippelii. We determined a nearly complete rRNA operon sequence of T. whippelii from specimens from 3 patients with Whipple's disease, as well as partial operon sequences from 43 patients. Variability was observed in the 16S-23S rRNA spacer sequences, leading to the description of five...
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