A new type F Wolbachia from Splendidofilariinae (Onchocercidae) supports the recent emergence of this supergroup

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1025-1036

  Lefoulon, Emilie ^a   Gavotte, Laurent ^b   Junker, Kerstin ^c   Barbuto, Michela ^d   Uni, Shigehiko ^e   Landmann, Frederic ^f   Laaksonen, Sauli ^g   Saari, Susanna ^g   Nikander, Sven ^g   de Souza Lima, Sueli ^h   Casiraghi, Maurizio ^d   Bain, Odile ^a   Martin, Coralie ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h Departamento de Zoologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Onchocercidae; Phylogeny; Supergroup F; Symbiosis; Tissue localization; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DNA 12S; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; FILARIOIDEA; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MADATHAMUGADIA HIEPEI; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINDEER; RUMENFILARIA ANDERSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84868126291     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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