Detection of a new Arsenophonus-type bacterium in Canadian populations of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Dergousoff, Shaun J ^a   Chilton, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenophonus; Bacterial 16S rDNA; Dermacentor andersoni; Dermacentor variabilis; Endosymbiont

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATRY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CANADA; DERMACENTOR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; ARSENOPHONUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IXODIDA;

EID: 77955172924     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9340-5     Document Type: Article

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