Detection of DNA of `Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' and Spiroplasma sp. in Unfed Ticks Collected from Vegetation in Japan

Shoko TAROURA; Yojiro SHIMADA; Yoshimi SAKATA; Takako MIYAMA; Hiroko HIRAOKA; Malaika WATANABE; Kazuhito ITAMOTO; Masaru OKUDA; Hisashi INOKUMA

doi:10.1292/jvms.67.1277

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Detection of DNA of `Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' and Spiroplasma sp. in Unfed Ticks Collected from Vegetation in Japan

Shoko TAROURA, Yojiro SHIMADA, Yoshimi SAKATA, Takako MIYAMA, Hiroko HIRAOKA, Malaika WATANABE, Kazuhito ITAMOTO, Masaru OKUDA, Hisashi INOKUMA

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Keywords: `Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', Spiroplasma sp., tick

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2005 Volume 67 Issue 12 Pages 1277-1279

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.67.1277

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Abstract

DNA fragments of `Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', a feline heamobartonella pathogen, were detected from unfed Ixodes ovatus collected from vegetation in Hokkaido, Fukushima and Yamaguchi Prefectures, and unfed Haemaphysalis flava in Yamaguchi Prefecture. This finding suggests that ixodid tick is a possible vector of `C. Mycoplasma haemominutum'. Spiroplasma DNA was also detected from unfed I. ovatus in Hokkaido, Fukushima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The analysis of nucleotides sequence suggested that this Spiroplasma was distinct from registered species.

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