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History of the ADP/ATP-translocase-encoding gene, a parasitism gene transferred from a Chlamydiales ancestor to plants 1 billion years ago.

A survey for spotted fever group rickettsiae and ehrlichiae in Amblyomma variegatum from St. Kitts and Nevis.

Seroimmunological monitoring of several species of Rickettsiaceae and Bartonellaceae circulating in the Moscow region.

Detection of Neorickettsia (Ehrlichia) risticii in tissues of mice experimentally infected with cercariae of trematodes by in situ hybridization.

Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: a case report.

Feminization of genetic males by a symbiotic bacterium in a butterfly, Eurema hecabe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).

Molecular analysis of Neorickettsia risticii in adult aquatic insects in Pennsylvania, in horses infected by ingestion of insects, and isolated in cell culture.

Comparison of chickpea rhizobia isolates from diverse Portuguese natural populations based on symbiotic effectiveness and DNA fingerprint.

Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila.

Rickettsiaceae, rickettsia-like endosymbionts, and the origin of mitochondria.

[Bacterial symbionts (Wolbachia) of filarial nematodes: implications for the treatment and pathology of filariasis]

Pathogenesis of liver lesions caused by experimental infection with Piscirickettsia salmonis in juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

Bugs, snails and horses: expanding the knowledge of infection vectors with new and old technologies.

Reproductive characteristics and strategies of reducing-system bivalves.

Wolbachia bacteria of filarial nematodes in the pathogenesis of disease and as a target for control.

Emerging parasitic diseases, bioterrorism and the new world order.

Routes of entry of Piscirickettsia salmonis in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.

Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism, sex ratio distorters and population genetics in the isopod Armadillidium vulgare.

Phylogeny of the arthropod endosymbiont Wolbachia based on the wsp gene.

Gene organization of the dnaA region of Wolbachia.