Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1667-1670, Vol. 74, No. 5
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.02090-07
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Bacterial Communities of Bartonella-Positive Fleas: Diversity and Community Assembly Patterns
Ryan T. Jones,*
Katherine F. McCormick, and
Andrew P. Martin
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CB334, University of Colorado—Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309
Received 12 September 2007/
Accepted 2 January 2008
We investigated the bacterial communities of nine Bartonella-positive fleas (n = 6 Oropsylla hirsuta fleas and n = 3 Oropsylla montana fleas), using universal primers, clone libraries, and DNA sequencing. DNA sequences were used to classify bacteria detected in a phylogenetic context, to explore community assembly patterns within individual fleas, and to survey diversity patterns in dominant lineages.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CB334, University of Colorado—Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309. Phone: (303) 492-1621. Fax: (303) 492-8699. E-mail: Ryan.Jones{at}Colorado.edu
Published ahead of print on 18 January 2008.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1667-1670, Vol. 74, No. 5
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.02090-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2008 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.