Phanthip OlanratmaneeVisut BaimaiArunee AhantarigWachareeporn TrinachartvanitRajabhat Rajanagarindra UniversityMahidol University, Center of Excellence for Vectors and Vector-Borne DiseasesMahidol University2022-08-042022-08-042021-02-04Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.52, No.1 (2021), 48-5526975718012515622-s2.0-85119855693https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/78453Wolbachia 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.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS