The tick endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and selenoproteins are essential for the growth of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick vector

BACKGROUND: Pathogen colonization inside tick tissues is a significant aspect of the overall competence of a vector. Amblyomma maculatum is a competent vector of the spotted fever group rickettsiae, Rickettsia parkeri. When R. parkeri colonizes its tick host, it has the opportunity to dynamically in...

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Autores principales: Budachetri, Khemraj, Kumar, Deepak, Crispell, Gary, Beck, Christine, Dasch, Gregory, Karim, Shahid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30103809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0524-2

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