title: Highly prevalent Coxiella sp. bacterium in the tick vector Amblyomma americanum.
abstract: Laboratory-reared and field-collected Amblyomma americanum ticks were hosts of a Coxiella sp. and a Rickettsia sp. While the Coxiella sp. was detected in 50 of 50 field-collected ticks, the Rickettsia sp. was absent from 32% of ticks. The Coxiella sp. showed evidence of a reduced genome and may be an obligate endosymbiont.
authors.affiliation: Deparetments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California-Irvine, Pacific-Southwest Center, 3012 Hewitt, Irvine, CA 92697-4028, USA.
authors.forename: Algimantas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jasinskas
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Alan G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barbour
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D003381:Coxiella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial