Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii


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Citation

Formal styling
Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” Sassera et al., 2006
Effective publication
Sassera et al., 2006
SeqCode status
Automated discovery
Canonical URL
https://seqco.de/i:112

Nomenclature

Rank
Species
Syllabication
mi.to'chon.drii
Etymology
N.L. n. mitochondrium -i, a mitochondrion; N.L. gen. n. mitochondrii, of a mitochondrion

Taxonomy

Description
Sassera, et al (2006): Candidatus M. mitochondrii’ appears in EM observations (Lewis, 1979; Zhu et al., 1992; Sacchi et al., 2004) as a Gram-negative bacterium with a bacillus shape of ≈ 0.45 μm in diameter and ≈1.2 μm in length. This bacterium is observed within various cell types (lumenal cells, funicular cells and oocytes) of the ovary of the hard tick I. ricinus (Ixodidae). In all of the above cell types, the bacteria are observed free in the cytoplasm or included in a host-derived membrane. In addition, in luminal cells and oocytes, the bacterium is also observed within the mitochondria, in the periplasmic space between the two membranes of these organelles. As the development of the oocyte proceeds, the bacteria appear to consume the inner part of the mitochondria and multiply therein. The mitochondrial matrix is reduced as a result and some mitochondria appear as sacs full of bacteria (Sacchi et al., 2004). Different numbers of bacteria have been observed within the mitochondria, from a single bacterium to over 20. Despite the high number of mitochondria consumed by the bacterium, the eggs of the tick develop normally. In situ hybridization with probes designed to target specific 16S rRNA gene regions resulted in the staining of only ovarian cells in female ticks (Beninati et al., 2004). In male ticks, there is only PCR evidence for the presence of the bacterium (Lo et al., 2006). The symbiont appears to be ubiquitous in the females of I. ricinus across its distribution (prevalence, 100 %), while a significantly lower prevalence is observed in males (44 %). In males that test positive by PCR, the bacterial load also appears lower compared with females (Lo et al., 2006). Evidence for efficient vertical transmission of the bacterium has been reported based on PCR screening of eggs. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA and gyrB genes from ticks from 11 different countries from across the distribution of I. ricinus showed a low level of variability in both genes. One substitution in 380 bases was found in the 16S rRNA gene sequence and two substitutions in 519 bases were found in the gyrB gene sequence (Lo et al., 2006). [...] ‘Candidatus M. mitochondrii’ belongs to the phylum Proteobacteria, to the class Alphaproteobacteria and to the order Rickettsiales. ‘Candidatus M. mitochondrii’ is assigned on the basis of the 16S rRNA (AJ566640) and gyrB gene sequences (AM159536).
Classification
Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Alphaproteobacteria » Rickettsiales » “Midichloriaceae” » Candidatus Midichloria » Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii
Parent
Candidatus Midichloria gtdb

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Publications
19

Citation Title
Luo et al., 2024, Experimental Parasitology Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii can be vertically transmitted in Hyalomma anatolicum
Lu et al., 2022, Biomolecules Prevalence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia and Candidatus Lariskella in Multiple Tick Species from Guizhou Province, China
Sgroi et al., 2022, Emerging Infectious Diseases Detection of Endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and Tickborne Pathogens in Humans Exposed to Tick Bites, Italy
Comandatore et al., 2021, mBio Modeling the Life Cycle of the Intramitochondrial Bacterium “ Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” Using Electron Microscopy Data
Barradas et al., 2020, Animals Molecular Evidence of Hemolivia mauritanica, Ehrlichia spp. and the Endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria Mitochondrii in Hyalomma aegyptium Infesting Testudo graeca Tortoises from Doha, Qatar
Selmi et al., 2019, Microbial Pathogenesis Molecular detection and genetic characterization of the potentially pathogenic Coxiella burnetii and the endosymbiotic Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii in ticks infesting camels (Camelus dromedarius) from Tunisia
Al-Khafaji et al., 2019, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Multi-locus sequence typing of Ixodes ricinus and its symbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii across Europe reveals evidence of local co-cladogenesis in Scotland
Budachetri et al., 2018, Microbiome The tick endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and selenoproteins are essential for the growth of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick vector
Gofton et al., 2015, Parasites & Vectors Inhibition of the endosymbiont “Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” during 16S rRNA gene profiling reveals potential pathogens in Ixodes ticks from Australia
Montagna et al., 2013, Applied and Environmental Microbiology “Candidatus Midichloriaceae” fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an Ecologically Widespread Clade of Intracellular Alphaproteobacteria



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