Identification of rickettsial isolates at the species level using multi-spacer typing.

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BACKGROUND: In order to estimate whether multi-spacer typing (MST), based on the sequencing of variable intergenic spacers, could serve for the identification of Rickettsia at the species level, we applied it to 108 rickettsial isolates or arthropod amplicons that include representatives of 23 valid Rickettsia species. RESULTS: MST combining the dksA-xerC, mppA-purC, and rpmE-tRNAfMet spacer sequences identified...

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