Molecular characterization of Aegyptianella pullorum (Rickettsiales, Anaplasmataceae).

ABSTRACT: We sequenced the 16S rRNA and groEL genes of Aegyptianella pullorum, a small bacterium that infects and replicates only in avian red blood cells. A specific PCR test was developed to analyze A. pullorum DNA. Phylogenic analysis revealed A. pullorum is most closely related to Anaplasma spp.

SUBMITTER: Rikihisa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC262475 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature