title: Bacterial communities of Bartonella-positive fleas: diversity and community assembly patterns.
abstract: We investigated the bacterial communities of nine Bartonella-positive fleas (n = 6 Oropsylla hirsuta fleas and n = 3 Oropsylla montana fleas), using universal primers, clone libraries, and DNA sequencing. DNA sequences were used to classify bacteria detected in a phylogenetic context, to explore community assembly patterns within individual fleas, and to survey diversity patterns in dominant lineages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CB334, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA. Ryan.Jones@Colorado.edu
authors.forename: Ryan T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Katherine F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003120:Colorado; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D017753:Ecosystem; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015723:Gene Library; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S