Many arthropods harbour bacterial symbionts, which are maintained by vertical and/or
horizontal transmission. Spiroplasma is one of the most well-known symbionts of ticks and …

Members of the genus Spiroplasma are Gram-positive bacteria without cell walls. Some
Spiroplasma species can cause disease in arthropods such as bees, whereas others …

Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae causes febrile illness in humans worldwide. Since SFG
rickettsiosis's clinical presentation is nonspecific, it is frequently misdiagnosed as other …

Research on vector-associated microbiomes has been expanding due to increasing
emergence of vector-borne pathogens and awareness of the importance of symbionts in the …

This study aimed to determine the occurrence of hemoplasmas and tick-borne pathogens
(TBP)(Theileria equi, Babesia caballi, and Ehrlichia sp.) in horses and ticks' salivary glands …

Spiroplasma are vertically-transmitted endosymbionts of ticks and other arthropods. Field-
collected Ixodes persulcatus have been reported to harbour Spiroplasma, but nothing is …

Abstract Spiroplasma (Mycoplasmatales: Spiroplasmataceae) is one of the most widely
distributed symbionts of arthropods. Spiroplasma species can infect their hosts via vertical or …

Candidatus Rickettsia vini was originally detected in Ixodes arboricola ticks from Spain, and
subsequently reported from several other Western Palearctic countries including Belgium …

The class Mollicutes comprises microorganisms that lack a cell wall, highly dependent on
their host to survive. Within Mollicutes, the genus Spiroplasma comprises motile helical …

Male-killing, a male-specific death of arthropod hosts during development, is induced by
Spiroplasma (Mollicutes) endosymbionts of the Citri–Poulsonii and the Ixodetis groups …