Publication: Novel supergroup u wolbachia in bat mites of Thailand
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2021-02-04
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26975718
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.52, No.1 (2021), 48-55
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Phanthip Olanratmanee, Visut Baimai, Arunee Ahantarig, Wachareeporn Trinachartvanit Novel supergroup u wolbachia in bat mites of Thailand. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.52, No.1 (2021), 48-55. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/78453
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Novel supergroup u wolbachia in bat mites of Thailand
Abstract
Wolbachia is an endosymbiont infecting mostly arthropods and is vertically transmitted to its host offspring; however, Wolbachia in mites has rarely been reported. We have discovered, for the first time, Wolbachia endosymbiont in Spinturnix mite infesting thick-thumbed myotis bat (Myotis rosseti) in Thailand. Wolbachia spp were detected in Spinturnix spp by PCR employing species-specific 16S rDNA and ftsZ primers. Consensus sequences were then used to construct phylogenetic trees, which indicated Spinturnix mite Wolbachia spp belonged to a clade separate from existing species, which we named Wolbachia Supergroup U. The role of Wolbachia spp in Spinturnix mites remains to be determined.