Simultaneous detection of Vairimorpha invictae (Microsporidia: Burenellidae) and Thelohania solenopsae (Microsporidia: Thelohaniidae) in fire ants by PCR

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-87

  Valles, Steven M ^a   Oi, David H ^a   Briano, Juan A ^b   Williams, David F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DETECTION METHOD; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BURENELLIDAE; FORMICIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; THELOHANIA SOLENOPSAE; THELOHANIIDAE; VAIRIMORPHA;

EID: 17644378555     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0085:SDOVIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. BRIANO, J. A., AND D. F. WILLIAMS. 2002. Natural occurrence and laboratory studies of the fire ant pathogen Vairimorpha invictae (Microsporida: Burenellidae) in Argentina. Environ. Entomol. 31: 887-894.
2. BRIANO, J. A., D. F. WILLIAMS, D. H. OI, AND L. R. DAVIS, JR. 2002. Field host range of the fire ant pathogens Thelohania solenopsae (Microsporida: Thelohaniidae) and Vairimorpha invictae (Microsporida: Burenellidae) in South America. Biol. Control 24: 98-102.
3. JOUVENAZ, D. P., AND E. A. ELLIS. 1986. Vairimorpha invictae n. sp. (Microspora: Microsporidia), a parasite of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Protozool. 33:457-461.
4. KNELL, J. D., G. E. ALLEN, AND E. I. HAZARD. 1977. Light and electron microscope study of Thelohania solenopsae n. sp. (Microsporida: Protozoa) in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 29: 192-200.
5. MATHIS, A. 2000. Microsporidia: emerging advances in understanding the basic biology of these unique organims. Int. J. Parasitol. 30: 795-804.
6. MOSER, B. A., J. J. BECNEL, J. MARUNIAK, AND R. S. PATTERSON. 1998. Analysis of the ribosomal DNA sequences of the microsporida Thelohania and Vairimorpha of fire ants. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 72: 154-159.
7. SNOWDEN, K. F., K. LOGAN, AND S. B. VINSON. 2002. Simple, filter-based PCR detection of Thelohania solenopsae (Microspora) in fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 49: 447-448.
8. TRAGER, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 99: 141-198.
9. VALLES, S. M., D. H. OI, O. P. PERERA, AND D. F. WILLIAMS. 2002. Detection of Thelohania solenopsae (Microsporidia: Thelohaniidae) in Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by multiplex PCR. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 81:196-201.
10. VANDER MEER, R. K., AND C. S. LOFGREN. 1990. Chemotaxonomy applied to fire ant systematics in the United States and South America, pp. 75-84. In R. Vander Meer, K. Jaffe and A. Cedeno [eds.]. Applied myrmecology, a world perspective. Westview Press, Boulder, CO. 741 pp.
11. WILLIAMS, D. F., G. J. KNUE, AND J. J. BECNEL. 1999. Discovery of Thelohania solenopsae from the imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in the United States. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 71: 175-176.