Insight into diversity of bacteria belonging to the order Rickettsiales in 9 arthropods species collected in Serbia.
2019
Authors:
Li, KunStanojević, Maja
Stamenković, Gorana
Ilić, Bojan
Paunović, Milan
Lu, Miao
Pešić, Branislav
Đurić Maslovara, Ivana
Siljic, Marina
Cirkovic, Valentina
Zhang, Yongzhen
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Article (Published version)
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Rickettsiales bacteria in arthropods play a significant role in both public health and arthropod ecology. However, the extensive genetic diversity of Rickettsiales endosymbionts of arthropods is still to be discovered. In 2016, 515 arthropods belonging to 9 species of four classes (Insecta, Chilopoda, Diplopoda and Arachnida) were collected in Serbia. The presence and genetic diversity of Rickettsiales bacteria were evaluated by characterizing the 16S rRNA (rrs), citrate synthase (gltA) and heat shock protein (groEL) genes. The presence of various Rickettsiales bacteria was identified in the majority of tested arthropod species. The results revealed co-circulation of five recognized Rickettsiales species including Rickettsia, Ehrlichia and Wolbachia, as well as four tentative novel species, including one tentative novel genus named Neowolbachia. These results suggest the remarkable genetic diversity of Rickettsiales bacteria in certain arthropod species in this region. Furthermore, the high prevalence of spotted fever group Rickettsia in Ixodes ricinus ticks highlights the potential public health risk of human Rickettsia infection.
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Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 1, 18680-Funding / projects:
- Phylogenetic anaysis and molecular evolution of highly variable viruses: coinfections, host-pathogene interactions (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-175024)
- Ontogenetic characterization of phylogenetic biodiversity (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173038)
- National Important Scientific & Technology Project (2018ZX10101002-002)
- China-Serbia Collaborative Program of Science and Technology [2015] 266 3-4
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81702016; 81861138003)
- National Science and Technology Major Project of China (2018ZX10712001-006-002; 2018ZX10305409-003-005)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55077-y
ISSN: 2045-2322
PubMed: 31822714
WoS: 000501894400001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85076399460
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http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-55077-yhttp://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC6904564
https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3575