Symbiosis in an overlooked microcosm: A systematic review of the bacterial flora of mites

Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1152-1162

  Chaisiri, Kittipong ^a,b   McGarry, John W ^a   Morand, Serge ^c   Makepeace, Benjamin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Acari; allergy; Cardinium; microbiota; Rickettsiales; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; COXIELLA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FRANCISELLA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCOSM; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; SYMBIOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; CANDIDATUS CARDINIUM; COXIELLA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FRANCISELLA; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIENTIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES; SALMONELLA; SARCOPTIFORMES; SERRATIA; TROMBIDIFORMES; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MITES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84937073709     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182015000530     Document Type: Review

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