Endosymbiotic bacteria living inside the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae)

This study investigated the endosymbiotic bacteria living inside the poultry red mite collected from five samples of one commercial farm from the UK and 16 farms from France using genus-specific PCR, PCR-TTGE and DNA sequencing. Endosymbiotic bacteria are intracellular obligate organisms that can ca...

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Published in:Experimental & applied acarology 2009-06, Vol.48 (1-2), p.105-113
Main Authors: De Luna, Carlos J, Moro, Claire Valiente, Guy, Jonathan H, Zenner, Lionel, Sparagano, Olivier A. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Ecology
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Animals
Arthropoda
Bacteria
Bacteroidetes - classification
Bacteroidetes - genetics
Bacteroidetes - isolation & purification
Base Sequence
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Commercial farms
Coxiellaceae - classification
Coxiellaceae - genetics
Coxiellaceae - isolation & purification
Dermanyssus gallinae
Ectoparasites
Entomology
France
Life Sciences
Mites
Mites - microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rickettsiella
Spiroplasma
Spiroplasma - classification
Spiroplasma - genetics
Spiroplasma - isolation & purification
Symbiosis
United Kingdom
Wolbachia
Xanthomonadaceae - classification
Xanthomonadaceae - genetics
Xanthomonadaceae - isolation & purification
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Summary:This study investigated the endosymbiotic bacteria living inside the poultry red mite collected from five samples of one commercial farm from the UK and 16 farms from France using genus-specific PCR, PCR-TTGE and DNA sequencing. Endosymbiotic bacteria are intracellular obligate organisms that can cause several phenotypic and reproductive anomalies to their host and they are found widespread living inside arthropods. The farm sampled from the UK was positive for bacteria of the genera Cardinium sp. and Spiroplasma sp. From France, 7 farms were positive for Cardinium sp., 1 farm was positive for Spiroplasma sp., 1 farm was positive for Rickettsiella sp. and 2 farms were positive for Schineria sp. However, it was not possible to detect the presence of the genus Wolbachia sp. which has been observed in other ectoparasites. This study is the first report of the presence of endosymbionts living inside the poultry red mite. The results obtained suggest that it may be possible that these bacterial endosymbionts cause biological modifications to the poultry red mite.
ISSN:0168-8162
1572-9702
DOI:10.1007/s10493-008-9230-2