| grooming site preferences determined by lice infection among japanese macaques in arashiyama. | i investigated the effect of the density of louse eggs (pedicinus obtusus and p. eurygaster) on grooming site preferences in japanese macaques (macaca fuscata). louse eggs were more often found on the outer side of the body (upper back, lower back, outer arms, and outer legs) than on the inner side of the body (chest, belly, inner arms, and inner legs). japanese macaques were more likely to be groomed on the outer side than the inner side of the body by allogrooming and autogrooming. such groomi ... | 2002 | 12091746 |
| intestinal endocellular symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse pedicinus obtusus: distinct endosymbiont origins in anthropoid primate lice and the old world monkey louse. | a symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse, pedicinus obtusus, was characterized. the symbiont constituted a gammaproteobacterial lineage distinct from the symbionts of anthropoid primate lice, localized in the midgut epithelium and the ovaries and exhibiting at-biased genes and accelerated molecular evolution. the designation "candidatus puchtella pedicinophila" was proposed for it. | 2009 | 19304816 |
| assessment of bacterial endosymbiont diversity in otiorhynchus spp. (coleoptera: curculionidae) larvae using a multitag 454 pyrosequencing approach. | weevils of the genus otiorhynchus are regarded as devastating pests in a wide variety of horticultural crops worldwide. so far, little is known on the presence of endosymbionts in otiorhynchus spp.. investigation of endosymbiosis in this genus may help to understand the evolution of different reproductive strategies in these weevils (parthenogenesis or sexual reproduction), host-symbiont interactions, and may provide a future basis for novel pest management strategy development. here, we used a ... | 2012 | 22376125 |
| transmission and maintenance cycle of bartonella quintana among rhesus macaques, china. | we detected bartonella quintana in 48.6% of captive rhesus macaques from an animal facility in beijing, china. prevalence of infection increased over the period of observation. our findings suggest that macaques may serve as reservoir hosts for b. quintana and that pedicinus obtusus lice might act as efficient vectors. | 2013 | 23347418 |