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Bohacsova M., Mediannikov Oleg, Kazimirova M., Raoult Didier, Sekeyova Z. (2016). Arsenophonus nasoniae and Rickettsiae infection of Ixodes ricinus due to parasitic wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri. Plos One, 11 (2), p. e0149950 [11 p.]. ISSN 1932-6203.

Titre du document
Arsenophonus nasoniae and Rickettsiae infection of Ixodes ricinus due to parasitic wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri
Année de publication
2016
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000371276100192
Auteurs
Bohacsova M., Mediannikov Oleg, Kazimirova M., Raoult Didier, Sekeyova Z.
Source
Plos One, 2016, 11 (2), p. e0149950 [11 p.] ISSN 1932-6203
Arsenophonus nasoniae, a male-killing endosymbiont of chalcid wasps, was recently detected in several hard tick species. Following the hypothesis that its presence in ticks may not be linked to the direct occurrence of bacteria in tick's organs, we identified A. nasoniae in wasps emerging from parasitised nymphs. We confirmed that 28.1% of Ixodiphagus hookeri wasps parasitizing Ixodes ricinus ticks were infected by A. nasoniae. Moreover, in examined I. ricinus nymphs, A. nasoniae was detected only in those, which were parasitized by the wasp. However, in part of the adult wasps as well as in some ticks that contained wasp's DNA, we did not confirm A. nasoniae. We also found, that in spite of reported male-killing, some newly emerged adult wasp males were also infected by A. nasoniae. Additionally, we amplified the DNA of Rickettsia helvetica and Rickettsia monacensis (known to be Ixodes ricinus-associated bacteria) in adult parasitoid wasps. This may be related either with the digested bacterial DNA in wasp body lumen or with a role of wasps in circulation of rickettsiae among tick vectors.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052] ; Sciences du monde animal [080]
Description Géographique
SLOVAQUIE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010066266]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010066266
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