Identification of bacteria infecting ixodes ricinus ticks by 16S rDNA amplification and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1329-1334

  Tveten, Ann Kristin ^a   Sjåstad, Knut K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Borrelia spp.; endosymbionts; Folsomia candida; Ixodes ricinus; Norway; Pseudomonas; Rhodococcus erythropolis; Rickettsiales; Segniliparus rugosus; Spiroplasma spp

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IXODES RICINUS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RICKETTSIALES; SEGNILIPARUS RUGOSUS; SPECIES; SPIROPLASMA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK INFESTATIONS; ZOONOSES;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RICKETTSIALES; SEGNILIPARUS RUGOSUS; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 80053639714     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0657     Document Type: Article

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