Detection of DNA of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' and Spiroplasma sp. in unfed ticks collected from vegetation in Japan.
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.
Taroura
Shoko
S
Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Shimada
Yojiro
Y
Sakata
Yoshimi
Y
Miyama
Takako
T
Hiraoka
Hiroko
H
Watanabe
Malaika
M
Itamoto
Kazuhito
K
Okuda
Masaru
M
Inokuma
Hisashi
H
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*
D017931:DNA Primers