Ehrlichia ruminantium: a promiscuous genome.
The intracellular bacterium, Ehrlichia ruminantium, is the causative agent of heartwater, a tick-borne disease of livestock. Because vaccines need to incorporate components from several virulent isolates, it is essential to have information on the extent of genetic variation among isolates. We therefore amplified and sequenced a panel of seven core function genes.
Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa.
Maria
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Allsopp
Helena
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Steyn
Erich
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Zweygarth
Basil
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Allsopp
D000940:Antigenic Variation / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016995:Ehrlichia ruminantium / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006357:Heartwater Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013019:South Africa
D001426:Bacterial Proteins