A novel alpha-proteobacterium resides in the mitochondria of ovarian cells of the tick Ixodes ricinus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2596-2602

  Beninati, Tiziana ^a   Lo, Nathan ^a   Sacchi, Luciano ^b   Genchi, Claudio ^a,c   Noda, Hiroaki ^d   Bandi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENES; IN SITU PROCESSING; RNA;

MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIA;

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER RNA; RNA 16S;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CELL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ALPHA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 2442664489     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2596-2602.2004     Document Type: Article

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