Growth Dynamics and Antibiotic Elimination of Symbiotic Rickettsia buchneri in the Tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Growth Dynamics and Antibiotic Elimination of Symbiotic Rickettsia buchneri in the Tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Published:2021-01-15 Issue:3 Volume:87 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Oliver Jonathan D.¹²^ORCID,Price Lisa D.¹,Burkhardt Nicole Y.¹,Heu Chan C.¹³,Khoo Benedict S.²,Thorpe Cody J.¹,Kurtti Timothy J.¹,Munderloh Ulrike G.¹

Affiliation:

1. University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

2. University of Minnesota, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

3. The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Entomology, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Abstract

This paper describes the growth of symbiotic Rickettsia buchneri within Ixodes scapularis through the life cycle of the tick and provides methods to eliminate R. buchneri from I. scapularis ticks.

Funder

HHS | National Institutes of Health

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.01672-20

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