Nonspecific bacterial flora isolated from the body surface and inside Ixodes ricinus ticks
Authors:
- Hubert Józef Okła,
- Malwina Sosnowska,
- Krzysztof P Jasik,
- Jan Słodki,
- Robert D Wojtyczka
Abstract
Ixodes ricinus and other representatives of the order Ixodida are vectors of typical pathogens: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilium, Babesia spp., a tick-borne encephalitis virus, and other microorganisms which are important from a medical and veterinary point of view. "e presented study focuses on the verification of nonspecific bacterial &ora of I. ricinus. We analyzed ticks collected in a$forest region in Silesia, an industrial district in Poland. Methods of classical microbiology and biochemical assays (API 20 NE test, API Staph test and MICRONAUT System) were used for isolation and identification of microorganisms living on the body surface of I. ricinus and inside ticks. "e results show the presence of various bacteria on the surface and inside ticks’ bodies. During the study, we isolated Acinetobacter lwoffi, Pseudomonas "uorescens, Aeromonas hydrophila, Achromobacter denitrificans, Alcaligenes faecalis, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Pseudomonas oryzihabitans, Micrococcus spp., Kocuria varians, Staphylococcus lentus, Kocuria kristinae, Streptococcus pneumo- niae, Rhizobium radiobacter, Staphylococcus xylosus. Majority of the isolated species are non-pathogenic environmental microorganisms, but some of the isolated bacterial strains could cause severe infections.
- Record ID
- USL474d5379860e4df0a613759715e6bc66
- Author
- Journal series
- Polish Journal of Microbiology, ISSN 1733-1331
- Issue year
- 2012
- No
- 3
- Pages
- 205-209
- Publication size in sheets
- 0.20
- Keywords in English
- xodes ricinus, microbiological diagnostic, nonspecific bacterial &ora
- ASJC Classification
- ; ; ;
- Handle.net URL
- hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/14439 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- File
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- File: 1
- Nonspecific bacterial flora isolated from the body surface and inside Ixodes ricinus ticks, File Okla_Nonspecific_bacterial_flora.pdf / 512 KB
- Okla_Nonspecific_bacterial_flora.pdf
- publication date: 06-02-2024
- Nonspecific bacterial flora isolated from the body surface and inside Ixodes ricinus ticks, File Okla_Nonspecific_bacterial_flora.pdf / 512 KB
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- Score (nominal)
- 15
- Score source
- journalList
- Publication indicators
- Citation count
- 8
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://opus.us.edu.pl/info/article/USL474d5379860e4df0a613759715e6bc66/
- URN
urn:uni-kat-prod:USL474d5379860e4df0a613759715e6bc66
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