| new findings from an old pathogen: intraerythrocytic bacteria (family anaplasmatacea) in red-backed salamanders plethodon cinereus. | during a recent study of red-backed salamanders (plethodon cinereus), we discovered an intraerythrocytic organism typified by violet-staining, intracellular inclusions, consistent with descriptions of cytamoeba or aegyptianella (bacteria). here we characterize its taxonomic status using molecular techniques and ask basic questions about its nature. blood smears from 102 salamanders were examined from pennsylvania, new york, and virginia to determine prevalence, and whole blood from several infec ... | 2009 | 19908097 |