Novel Waddlia Intracellular Bacterium in Artibeus intermedius Fruit Bats, Mexico
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An intracellular bacterium was isolated from fruit bats (Artibeus intermedius) in Cocoyoc, Mexico. The bacterium caused severe lesions in the lungs and spleens of bats and intracytoplasmic vacuoles in cell cultures. Sequence analyses showed it is related to Waddlia spp. (order Chlamydiales). We propose to call this bacterium Waddlia cocoyoc.
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دوره 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015