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Bartonella-like bacteria carried by domestic mite species

Overview of attention for article published in Experimental and Applied Acarology, April 2014
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Title
Bartonella-like bacteria carried by domestic mite species
Published in
Experimental and Applied Acarology, April 2014
DOI 10.1007/s10493-014-9811-1
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Jan Kopecký, Marta Nesvorná, Jan Hubert

Abstract

Bacteria of the genus Bartonella are carried by haematophagous mites, ticks, fleas and flies, and attack the erythrocytes of mammals. Here we describe a Bartonella-like clade, a distinct group related to Bartonellaceae, in stored-product mites (Acari: Astigmata) and a predatory mite Cheyletus eruditus (Acari: Prostigmata) based on the analysis of cloned 16S rRNA gene sequences. By using the clade-specific primers, closely related Bartonella-like 16S rRNA sequences were amplified from both laboratory colonies and field strains of three synanthropic mite species (Acarus siro, Lepidoglyphus destructor and Tyrophagus putrescentiae) and a predatory mite. Altogether, sequences of Bartonella-like bacteria were found in 11 strains, but were not detected in Dermatophagoides farinae and D. pteronyssinus and two strains of L. destructor. All obtained sequences formed a separate cluster branching as a sister group to Bartonellaceae and related to other separate clusters comprising uncultured bacterial clones from human skin and hemipteran insects (Nysius plebeius and Nysius sp.). The classification of sequences into operational taxonomic units (OTUs) showed a difference between A. siro and T. putrescentiae suggesting that the Bartonella-like bacteria are different in these two mite species. However, species specific sequences in separate OTUs were observed also for C. eruditus. Possible symbiotic interactions between Bartonella-like bacteria and their mite hosts are discussed.

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Country Count As %
Thailand 1 3%
Unknown 31 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 19%
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Student > Master 4 13%
Researcher 3 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 9%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 6 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 56%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 9%
Environmental Science 2 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 6 19%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 September 2014.
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#7,321,901
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#142
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#66,596
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Outputs of similar age from Experimental and Applied Acarology
#2
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