Distribution and molecular characterization ofWolbachia endosymbionts and larial nematodes inMaryland populations of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-56

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Norris, Douglas E ^a,b   Rasgon, Jason L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema; Amblyomma americanum; MLST; Nematode; Tick; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; ENDOSYMBIONT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEMATODE; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TICK; UNITED STATES; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; IXODIDAE; MALE; MARYLAND; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEMATODA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODIDA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79960840746     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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