Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology


Publications
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The Pine Bark Adelgid, Pineus strobi, Contains Two Novel Bacteriocyte-Associated Gammaproteobacterial Symbionts

Citation
Toenshoff et al. (2014). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (3)
Names
“Theodorhartigia” “Annandiella pinicola” “Theodorhartigia pinicola”
Abstract
ABSTRACT Bacterial endosymbionts of the pine bark adelgid, Pineus strobi (Insecta: Hemiptera: Adelgidae), were investigated using transmission electron microscopy, 16S and 23S rRNA-based phylogeny, and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Two morphologically different symbionts affiliated with the Gammaproteobacteria were present in distinct bacteriocytes. One of them (“ Candidatus

Infection Dynamics of the Tick-Borne Pathogen “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” and Coinfections with Borrelia afzelii in Bank Voles in Southern Sweden

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Andersson et al. (2013). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (5)
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Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis
Abstract
ABSTRACTThe tick-borne bacterium “CandidatusNeoehrlichia mikurensis” has recently been recognized as a human pathogen. Together withBorrelia afzelii, it is one of the most common pathogens found in the tickIxodes ricinus. Here, we compared the epidemiologies of “Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis” andB. afzeliiby longitudinal sampling from May to September in one of their most abundant vertebrate hosts, the bank vole (Myodes glareolus), using real-time PCR for detection and quantification. The prevalen

Phenotypic Effect of “Candidatus Rickettsiella viridis,” a Facultative Symbiont of the Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum), and Its Interaction with a Coexisting Symbiont

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Tsuchida et al. (2013). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (2)
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Ca. Rickettsiella viridis
Abstract
ABSTRACTA gammaproteobacterial facultative symbiont of the genusRickettsiellawas recently identified in the pea aphid,Acyrthosiphon pisum. Infection with this symbiont altered the color of the aphid body from red to green, potentially affecting the host's ecological characteristics, such as attractiveness to different natural enemies. In European populations ofA. pisum, the majority ofRickettsiella-infected aphids also harbor another facultative symbiont, of the genusHamiltonella. We investigate

Assessment of Survival and Body Size Variation of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as Functions of “Candidatus Cardinium” (Bacteroidetes) Infection Status

Citation
Morag et al. (2013). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 (20)
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Ca. Cardinium
Abstract
ABSTRACT“CandidatusCardinium hertigii” (Bacteroidetes) is a maternally inherited endosymbiont known from several arthropods. Its mechanisms for persistence in host populations are mostly reproductive manipulation, though it has been occasionally reported to improve fitness parameters in several hosts. InCulicoides(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges, the prevalence of “CandidatusCardinium” infection was documented as moderate, with no detectable sex bias. We therefore investigated whether “C