| molecular screening for midichloria in hard and soft ticks reveals variable prevalence levels and bacterial loads in different tick species. | candidatus midichloria mitochondrii, symbiont of the sheep tick ixodes ricinus, was the first described member of the family candidatus midichloriaceae, order rickettsiales. recent reports are expanding our view of this family, now including numerous bacteria of great biological and medical interest, indicating a widespread distribution with an increasing range of hosts, with ticks being strongly represented. here we present a molecular screening of 17 tick species, detecting and quantifying bac ... | 2016 | 27521265 |
| description of the male, redescription of the female and 16s rdna sequence of ixodes aulacodi (ixodidae). | ixodes (afrixodes) aulacodiarthur, 1956 is a poorly known species that has been recorded predominantly in the wet countries of western and central africa, mainly associated to the greater cane rat thryonomys swinderianus (temmink). we herein redescribe the female, describe the male (ascribed to the species from specimens found in copula) and provide the 16s rdna sequence. we also provide complete illustrations of the adults based on specimens found on greater cane rats in ivory coast. ixodes aul ... | 2016 | 26803353 |