Diversity of Ixodes ricinus tick-associated bacterial communities from different forests

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-84

  Van Overbeek, Leo ^a   Gassner, Fedor ^a   Van Der Plas, Carin Lombaers ^a   Kastelein, Pieter ^a   Nunes Da Rocha, Ulisses ^a   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Borrelia species; Ixodes ricinus; Microbial ecology; Tick associated bacteria; Vegetation association

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ELECTROKINESIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMUS; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA RUSKI; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CANDIDATUS MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FOREST; FOREST STRUCTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMUS; IXODES RICINUS; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; SPECIES HABITAT; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; BENELUX; EDE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GELDERLAND; NETHERLANDS; NORTH BRABANT; NORTH HOLLAND; VELDHOVEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; FAGUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 51649085909     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00468.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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