Taxonomic considerations of Bartonella bacilliformis based on phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics.

doi:10.1016/0378-1097(91)90352-b

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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 subgr...

Topics

Bartonella
Base Composition
DNA, Ribosomal
Genes, Bacterial
Phenotype
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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