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SUBMITTER: Rounds MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3535486 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rounds Megan A MA Crowder Christopher D CD Matthews Heather E HE Philipson Curtis A CA Scoles Glen A GA Ecker David J DJ Schutzer Steven E SE Eshoo Mark W MW
Journal of medical entomology 20120701 4
Many organisms, such as insects, filarial nematodes, and ticks, contain heritable bacterial endosymbionts that are often closely related to transmissible tickborne pathogens. These intracellular bacteria are sometimes unique to the host species, presumably due to isolation and genetic drift. We used a polymerase chain reaction/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry assay designed to detect a wide range of vectorborne microorganisms to characterize endosymbiont genetic signatures from Amblyomm ...[more]