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Taxonomic considerations of Bartonella bacilliformis based on phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Oct 1991
Birtles R J, Harrison T G, Fry N K, Saunders N A, Taylor A G
Abstract excerpt
The 16S-rRNA gene of Bartonella bacilliformis was amplified using the polymerase-chain reaction (PCR). The amplification product was sequenced using a linear-PCR procedure and compared with other published 16S-rRNA sequences. The results of this analysis placed B. bacilliformis in the alpha subgroup of the proteobacteria, and more specifically demonstrated its close phylogenetic relationship to Rochalimaea...
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