Spiroplasma Isolated From Third-Generation Laboratory Colony Ixodes persulcatus Ticks

Spiroplasma Isolated From Third-Generation Laboratory Colony Ixodes persulcatus Ticks

Spiroplasma are vertically-transmitted endosymbionts of ticks and other arthropods. Field-collected Ixodes persulcatus have been reported to harbour Spiroplasma, but nothing is known about their persistence during laboratory colonisation of this tick species. We successfully isolated Spiroplasma fro...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Beliavskaia, Vaclav Hönig, Jan Erhart, Tereza Vyhlidalova, Martin Palus, Jiri Cerny, Irina Kozlova, Daniel Ruzek, Ana M. Palomar, Lesley Bell-Sakyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
tick cell line
endosymbiont
Spiroplasma
tick colony
Ixodes persulcatus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.659786/full

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