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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2004, p. 616-620, Vol. 70, No. 1
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.616-620.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Intracellular Symbionts and Other Bacteria Associated with Deer Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from Nantucket and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Micah J. Benson,1 Jeffrey D. Gawronski,1 Douglas E. Eveleigh,2 and David R. Benson1*

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269,1 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 089012

Received 11 August 2003/ Accepted 1 October 2003

The diversity of bacteria associated with the deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) was assessed using PCR amplification, cloning, and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes originating from seven ticks collected from Nantucket Island and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Mass. The majority of sequences obtained originated from gram-negative proteobacteria. Four intracellular bacteria were detected including strains of Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, and Wolbachia and an organism related to intracellular insect symbionts from the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group. Several strains of members of the Sphingomonadaceae were also detected in all but one tick. The results provide a view of the diversity of bacteria associated with I. scapularis ticks in the field.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, U-3125, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3125. Phone: (860) 486-4258. Fax: (860) 486-1784. E-mail: dbenson{at}uconnvm.uconn.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2004, p. 616-620, Vol. 70, No. 1
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.616-620.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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