Molecular evidence for multiple infections as revealed by typing of asaia bacterial symbionts of four mosquito species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 7444-7450

  Chouaia, Bessem ^a   Rossi, Paolo ^b   Montagna, Matteo ^a   Ricci, Irene ^b   Crotti, Elena ^a   Damiani, Claudia ^b   Epis, Sara ^b   Faye, Ingrid ^c   Sagnon, N'Fale ^d   Alma, Alberto ^e   Favia, Guido ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Universitàdegli Studi di Camerino   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACETIC ACID BACTERIA; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL PATHOGENS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; BACTERIAL TAXA; BOX-PCR; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IN-CELL; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; MICROBIOTAS; MOSQUITO SPECIES; RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; ELECTROKINESIS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIONT;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA DENATURATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ASAIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649690170     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01747-10     Document Type: Article

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