| Author | Ferreira, Erik Machado | |
| Author | Piesman, Joseph | |
| Author | Zeidner, Nordin S. | |
| Author | Soares, Carlos A. G. | |
| Access date | 2016-09-06T13:13:13Z | |
| Available date | 2016-09-06T13:13:13Z | |
| Document date | 2012 | |
| Citation | FERREIRA, Erik Machado; et al. A prevalent alpha-proteobacterium Paracoccus sp. in a population of the Cayenne ticks (Amblyomma cajennense) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Biology, v.35, n.4, p.862-867, 2012. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1415-4757 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/15692 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Genética | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Paracoccus | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Rickettsia amblyommii | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Carrapatos | pt_BR |
| Title | A prevalent alpha-proteobacterium Paracoccus sp. in a population of the Cayenne ticks (Amblyomma cajennense) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| Abstract | As Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is the most common tick-borne disease in South America, the presence of Rickettsia
sp. in Amblyomma ticks is a possible indication of its endemicity in certain geographic regions. In the present
work, bacterial DNA sequences related to Rickettsia amblyommii genes in A. dubitatum ticks, collected in the Brazilian
state of Mato Grosso, were discovered. Simultaneously, Paracoccus sp. was detected in aproximately 77% of A.
cajennense specimens collected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the first report of Paracoccus sp. infection in a specific
tick population, and raises the possibility of these bacteria being maintained and/or transmitted by ticks. Whether
Paracoccus sp. represents another group of pathogenic Rhodobacteraceae or simply plays a role in A. cajennense
physiology, is unknown. The data also demonstrate that the rickettsial 16S rRNA specific primers used forRickettsia
spp. screening can also detect Paracoccus alpha-proteobacteria infection in biological samples. Hence, a PCRRFLP
strategy is presented to distinguish between these two groups of bacteria. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Genética. Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Eucariontes e Simbiontes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Vector-Borne Diseases. Fort Collins, CO, USA. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Vector-Borne Diseases. Fort Collins, CO, USA. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Genética. Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Eucariontes e Simbiontes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Paracoccus | pt_BR |
| Subject | Rickettsia amblyommii | pt_BR |
| Subject | Amblyomma | pt_BR |
| Subject | ixodidae ticks | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1678-4685 | |
