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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2008, p. 6138-6140, Vol. 74, No. 19
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00248-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

"Candidatus Midichloria" Endosymbionts Bloom after the Blood Meal of the Host, the Hard Tick Ixodes ricinus{triangledown}

Davide Sassera,1 Nathan Lo,2* Edwin A. P. Bouman,3 Sara Epis,1 Michele Mortarino,1 and Claudio Bandi1

Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy,1 The Australian Museum, 6 College St., Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia,2 Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic3

Received 28 January 2008/ Accepted 4 August 2008

"Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii," an intracellular symbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus, is the only described organism able to invade the mitochondria of any multicellular organism. We used quantitative PCR to examine cycles of bacterial growth and death throughout the host's development and found that they correspond with the phases of engorgement and molt, respectively.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: The Australian Museum, 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. Phone: 61 2 9320 6346. Fax: 61 2 9320 6486. E-mail: nathan.lo{at}austmus.gov.au

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 August 2008.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2008, p. 6138-6140, Vol. 74, No. 19
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00248-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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