Isolation of a New Chlamydia species from the Feral Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus): Chlamydia ibidis.

Investigations conducted on feral African Sacred Ibises (Threskiornisaethiopicus) in western France led to the isolation of a strain with chlamydial genetic determinants. Ultrastructural analysis, comparative sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, ompA, and of a concatenate of 31 highly conserved g...

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Main Authors: Fabien Vorimore, Ru-Ching Hsia, Heather Huot-Creasy, Suzanne Bastian, Lucie Deruyter, Anne Passet, Konrad Sachse, Patrik Bavoil, Garry Myers, Karine Laroucau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3779242?pdf=render