Article
Phylogenetic position of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and the relationship among its antigenic variants by analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Jan 1995
Ohashi N, Fukuhara M, Shimada M, Tamura A
Abstract excerpt
The 16S rRNA gene sequences of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia sibirica were determined by PCR and DNA sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that R. sibirica is positioned in a cluster of the genus Rickettsia with a similarity value of 98.1-99.6%, whereas R. tsutsugamushi is located...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Biological Evolution
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Orientia tsutsugamushi
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
