Intracellular Symbionts and Other Bacteria Associated with Deer Ticks ( Ixodes scapularis ) from Nantucket and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Intracellular Symbionts and Other Bacteria Associated with Deer Ticks ( Ixodes scapularis ) from Nantucket and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Published:2004-01 Issue:1 Volume:70 Page:616-620
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Benson Micah J.¹,Gawronski Jeffrey D.¹,Eveleigh Douglas E.²,Benson David R.¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269

2. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Abstract

ABSTRACT The diversity of bacteria associated with the deer tick ( Ixodes scapularis ) was assessed using PCR amplification, cloning, and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes originating from seven ticks collected from Nantucket Island and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Mass. The majority of sequences obtained originated from gram-negative proteobacteria. Four intracellular bacteria were detected including strains of Ehrlichia , Rickettsia , and Wolbachia and an organism related to intracellular insect symbionts from the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group. Several strains of members of the Sphingomonadaceae were also detected in all but one tick. The results provide a view of the diversity of bacteria associated with I. scapularis ticks in the field.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.70.1.616-620.2004

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