title: Detection of DNA of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' and Spiroplasma sp. in unfed ticks collected from vegetation in Japan.
abstract: DNA fragments of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', a feline heamobartonella pathogen, were detected from unfed Ixodes ovatus collected from vegetation in Hokkaido, Fukushima and Yamaguchi Prefectures, and unfed Haemaphysalis flava in Yamaguchi Prefecture. This finding suggests that ixodid tick is a possible vector of 'C. Mycoplasma haemominutum'. Spiroplasma DNA was also detected from unfed I. ovatus in Hokkaido, Fukushima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The analysis of nucleotides sequence suggested that this Spiroplasma was distinct from registered species.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taroura
authors.forename: Yojiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyama
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: Malaika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itamoto
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inokuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000469:parasitology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D013149:Spiroplasma / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers