The tick endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and selenoproteins are essential for the growth of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick vector

Tick-Bacteria Mutualism Depends on B Vitamin Synthesis Pathways

(2018) Olivier Duron et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Amblyomma maculatum SECIS binding protein 2 and putative selenoprotein P are indispensable for pathogen replication and tick fecundity

(2017) Khemraj Budachetri et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Catalase is a determinant of the colonization and transovarial transmission of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick Amblyomma maculatum

(2017) K. Budachetri et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The microbiome of neotropical ticks parasitizing on passerine migratory birds

(2017) Khemraj Budachetri et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

A study of ticks and tick-borne livestock pathogens in Pakistan

(2017) Shahid Karim et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Assessment of tick antioxidant responses to exogenous oxidative stressors and insight into the role of catalase in the reproductive fitness of the Gulf Coast tick,Amblyomma maculatum

(2016) D. Kumar et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Rickettsia parkeri colonization in Amblyomma maculatum: the role of superoxide dismutases

(2016) Gary Crispell et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Temporal Gene Expression Analysis and RNA Silencing of Single and Multiple Members of Gene Family in the Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum

(2016) Rebekah L. Bullard et al.   PLoS One

Grandeur Alliances: Symbiont Metabolic Integration and Obligate Arthropod Hematophagy

(2016) Rita V.M. Rio et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

All For One and One For All on the Tick–Host Battlefield

(2016) Jindřich Chmelař et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

A snapshot of the microbiome of Amblyomma tuberculatum ticks infesting the gopher tortoise, an endangered species

(2016) Khemraj Budachetri et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Molecular screening for Midichloria in hard and soft ticks reveals variable prevalence levels and bacterial loads in different tick species

(2016) Alessandra Cafiso et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Identification, Distribution and Population Dynamics of Francisella-like Endosymbiont in Haemaphysalis doenitzi (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2016) Jian-Nan Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

A Francisella-like endosymbiont in the Gulf Coast tick evolved from a mammalian pathogen

(2016) Jonathan G. Gerhart et al.   Scientific Reports

A Coxiella-Like Endosymbiont Is a Potential Vitamin Source for the Lone Star Tick

(2015) Todd A Smith et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

An insight into the functional role of thioredoxin reductase, a selenoprotein, in maintaining normal native microbiota in the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum)

(2015) K. Budachetri et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Evolving Medical and Veterinary Importance of the Gulf Coast tick (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2015) C. D. Paddock et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Inhibition of the endosymbiont “Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” during 16S rRNA gene profiling reveals potential pathogens in Ixodes ticks from Australia

(2015) Alexander Gofton et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Tick microbiome: the force within

(2015) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Experimental vertical transmission of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum

(2015) Chelsea L. Wright et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

High prevalence of “Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae” and apparent exclusion of Rickettsia parkeri in adult Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Kansas and Oklahoma

(2015) Christopher D. Paddock et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

An Insight into the Sialome of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum, with a Glimpse on Its Time Dependent Gene Expression

(2015) Shahid Karim et al.   PLoS One

Activation of ER stress by hydrogen peroxide in C2C12 myotubes

(2014) Nicolas Pierre et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Gut Microbiota of the Tick Vector Ixodes scapularis Modulate Colonization of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

(2014) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Defensive symbiosis: a microbial perspective

(2014) Keith Clay   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Transcriptional activation of antioxidants may compensate for selenoprotein deficiencies inAmblyomma maculatum(Acari: Ixodidae) injected withselK- orselM-dsRNA

(2014) S. Adamson et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

An Insight Into the Microbiome of theAmblyomma maculatum(Acari: Ixodidae)

(2014) Khemraj Budachetri et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Wolbachia Can Enhance Plasmodium Infection in Mosquitoes: Implications for Malaria Control?

(2014) Grant L. Hughes et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Chromobacterium Csp_P Reduces Malaria and Dengue Infection in Vector Mosquitoes and Has Entomopathogenic and In Vitro Anti-pathogen Activities

(2014) Jose Luis Ramirez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

“Candidatus Midichloriaceae” fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an Ecologically Widespread Clade of Intracellular Alphaproteobacteria

(2013) Matteo Montagna et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Hard ticks and their bacterial endosymbionts (or would be pathogens)

(2013) Arunee Ahantarig et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

Choice of a Stable Set of Reference Genes for qRT-PCR Analysis in Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2013) Rebecca Browning et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Knockdown of Selenocysteine-Specific Elongation Factor in Amblyomma maculatum Alters the Pathogen Burden of Rickettsia parkeri with Epigenetic Control by the Sin3 Histone Deacetylase Corepressor Complex

(2013) Steven W. Adamson et al.   PLoS One

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Sensing in the Unfolded Protein Response

(2013) B. M. Gardner et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Localization of the bacterial symbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii within the hard tick Ixodes ricinus by whole-mount FISH staining

(2012) Sara Epis et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Association of Different Genetic Types of Francisella-Like Organisms with the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) in Localities Near Their Northern Distributional Limits

(2011) Shaun J. Dergousoff et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Native Microbiota Shape Insect Vector Competence for Human Pathogens

(2011) Chris M. Cirimotich et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A Deep Insight into the Sialotranscriptome of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum

(2011) Shahid Karim et al.   PLoS One

Detection of Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Amblyomma maculatum Gulf Coast Ticks Collected from Humans in the United States

(2011) Ju Jiang et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Imaging Interorganelle Contacts and Local Calcium Dynamics at the ER-Mitochondrial Interface

(2010) György Csordás et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis: subversive manipulators of host cells

(2010) Yasuko Rikihisa   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Status of the “East Side Hypothesis” (Transovarial Interference) 25 Years Later

(2009) Sam R. Telford   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Silencing of genes involved in Anaplasma marginale-tick interactions affects the pathogen developmental cycle in Dermacentor variabilis

(2009) Katherine M Kocan et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Detection of a new bacterium related to ‘Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii’ in bed bugs

(2009) S. Richard et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

The role of saliva in tick feeding

(2009) Ivo et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Transovarial Transmission ofFrancisella-Like Endosymbionts andAnaplasma phagocytophilumVariants inDermacentor albipictus(Acari: Ixodidae)

(2009) Gerald D. Baldridge et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Tularemia

(2009) Janet E. Foley et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

"Candidatus Midichloria" Endosymbionts Bloom after the Blood Meal of the Host, the Hard Tick Ixodes ricinus

(2008) D. Sassera et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Emerging and re-emerging rickettsioses: endothelial cell infection and early disease events

(2008) David H. Walker et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Midichloria mitochondrii is widespread in hard ticks (Ixodidae) and resides in the mitochondria of phylogenetically diverse species

(2008) S. EPIS et al.   PARASITOLOGY