Ehrlichia muris explained

Ehrlichia muris is a species of pathogenic^[1] bacteria first isolated from mice, with type strain AS145^T.^[2] Its genome has been sequenced.^[3]

Further reading

• Telford III. Sam R.. LETTER: Prevalence of Ehrlichia muris in Wisconsin Deer Ticks Collected During the Mid 1990s. The Open Microbiology Journal. 5. 1. 2011. 18–20. 1874-2858. 10.2174/1874285801105010018 . free. 3106336. 21643499.
• Hegarty. B.C.. Maggi. R.G.. Koskinen. P.. Beall. M.J.. Eberts. M.. Chandrashekar. R.. Breitschwerdt. E.B.. Ehrlichia muris Infection in a Dog from Minnesota. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 26. 5. 2012. 1217–1220. 0891-6640. 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2012.00968.x. free. 22816518 .

External links

• • WISC entry
• CDC Ehrlichiosis entry
• Type strain of Ehrlichia muris at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Feng. H.-M.. Walker. D. H.. Mechanisms of Immunity to Ehrlichia muris: a Model of Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis. Infection and Immunity. 72. 2. 2004. 966–971. 0019-9567. 10.1128/IAI.72.2.966-971.2004. 321622. 14742542.
2. Wen. B.. Rikihisa. Y.. Mott. J.. Fuerst. P. A.. Kawahara. M.. Suto. C.. Ehrlichia muris sp. nov., Identified on the Basis of 16S rRNA Base Sequences and Serological, Morphological, and Biological Characteristics. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45. 2. 1995. 250–254. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-45-2-250. 7537059. free.
3. Thirumalapura. N. R.. Qin. X.. Kuriakose. J. A.. Walker. D. H.. Complete Genome Sequence of Ehrlichia muris Strain AS145T, a Model Monocytotropic Ehrlichia Strain. Genome Announcements. 2. 1. 2014. e01234-13–e01234-13. 2169-8287. 10.1128/genomeA.01234-13. 3907729. 24482514.