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Gene sequence-based criteria for identification of new rickettsia isolates and description of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis sp. nov.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2003
Fournier Pierre-Edouard, Dumler J Stephen, Greub Gilbert, Zhang Jianzhi, Wu Yimin, Raoult Didier
Abstract excerpt
We propose genetic guidelines for the classification of rickettsial isolates at the genus, group, and species levels by using sequences of the 16S rRNA (rrs) gene and four protein-coding genes, the gltA, ompA, and ompB genes and gene D. To be classified as a member of the genus Rickettsia, an isolate should exhibit degrees of rrs and gltA homology with any of the 20 Rickettsia species studied of >/=98.1 and...
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