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Hard ticks and their bacterial endosymbionts (or would be pathogens)

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    0396364 - BC 2014 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
    Ahantarig, A. - Trinachartvanit, W. - Baimai, V. - Grubhoffer, Libor
    Hard ticks and their bacterial endosymbionts (or would be pathogens).
    Folia Microbiologica. Roč. 58, č. 5 (2013), s. 419-428. ISSN 0015-5632. E-ISSN 1874-9356
    Institutional support: RVO:60077344
    Keywords : Ixodes ricinus * Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii * Francisella-like endosymbionts * vector Ambylomma americanum * fever group Rickettsiae * Dermacentor andersoni * spotted fever * borne pathogens
    Subject RIV: EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
    Impact factor: 1.145, year: 2013

    The symbiotic microorganisms of arthropod vectors are highly significant from several points of view, partly due to their possible roles in the transmission of pathogenic causative agents by blood-sucking vectors. Although ticks are well studied because of their significance to human health, novel microbial associations remain to be described. This review summarises several endosymbiotic bacterial species in hard ticks from various parts of the world, including Coxiella-, Francisella-, Rickettsia- and Arsenophonus-like symbionts as well as Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and Wolbachia. New methodologies for the isolation and characterization of tick-associated bacteria will, in turn, encourage new strategies of tick control by studying their endosymbionts.
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0224201

     
     
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