Phagocytosis of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, by cells from the ticks, Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor andersoni, infected with an endosymbiont, Rickettsia peacockii

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mattila, Joshua T ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiling phagocytosis; Fluorescence microscopy; Live cell imaging; Tick cell culture; Vector competency

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; SPIROCHAETACEAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

CYTOCHALASIN B; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DERMACENTOR; DRUG EFFECT; IXODES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL LINE; CYTOCHALASIN B; DERMACENTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IXODES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 36849032928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.007.5801     Document Type: Article

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