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SUBMITTER: Behar A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2849252 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Applied and environmental microbiology 20100205 7
Many species of Rickettsia are well-known mammalian pathogens transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods. However, molecular surveys are continually uncovering novel Rickettsia species, often in unexpected hosts, including many arthropods that do not feed on blood. This study reports a systematic molecular characterization of a Rickettsia infecting the psocid Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae), a common and cosmopolitan household pest. Surprisingly, the psocid Rickettsia is shown ...[more]