INVESTIGADORES
AVILA luciano Javier
artículos
Título:
New Spiroplasma in parasitic Leptus mites and their Agathemera walking stick hosts from Argentina
Autor/es:
DI BLASI, E.; MORSE, S.; MAYBERRY, J.R.; AVILA, L.J.; MORANDO, M.; DITTMAR DE LA CRUZ, K.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Referencias:
Año: 2011 vol. 107 p. 225 - 228
ISSN:
0022-2011
Resumen:
Here we report the presence of Spiroplasma 16S rRNA in populations of two parasitic Leptus mites (Leptus sayi; Leptus lomani) and their Agathemera walking stick hosts. In walking sticks Spiroplasmas were detected in the gut, as well as muscle-tissues, but not in eggs. Throughout Argentina 15.4% of L. sayi populations and 14.3% of L. lomani populations surveyed screened positive for Spiroplasma. Phylogenetic analyses (ML, BCMC) place all sequences within the Ixodetis group. Most sequences form a well-supported sister subclade to the rest of Ixodetis. We briefly discuss the role of Leptus mites in the natural transmission of Spiroplasma.