Analysis of Genetic Identity of North AmericanAnaplasma phagocytophilumStrains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
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- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (7) , 3392-3394
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.7.3392-3394.2003
Abstract
Biological and geographic heterogeneity of anthropozoonosis caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum is poorly understood. Seven North American A. phagocytophilum strains were compared by PFGE. The average genome size was 1.58 Mbp, and restriction patterns were identical. New World strains of A. phagocytophilum have a large genome and a high degree of genetic uniformity.Keywords
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