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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
First isolation of Enterobacter, Enterococcus, and Acinetobacter spp. as inhabitants of the tsetse fly (Glossina palpalis palpalis) midgut
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, Volume 9, No. 6, Year 2009
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This paper reports the first evidence of the presence of bacteria, other than the three previously described as symbionts, Wigglesworthia glossinidia, Wolbachia, and Sodalis glossinidius, in the midgut of Glossina palpalis palpalis, the tsetse fly, a vector of the chronic form of human African trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan African countries. Based on the morphological, nutritional, physiological, and phylogenetic results, we identified Enterobacter, Enterococcus, and Acinetobacter spp. as inhabitants of the midgut of the tsetse fly from Angola. Enterobacter spp. was the most frequently isolated. The role of these bacteria in the gut, in terms of vector competence of the tsetse fly, is discussed, as is the possibility of using these bacteria to produce in situ trypanolytic molecules. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Geiger, Anne
France, Paris
Cirad
Fardeau, Marie Laure
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Grébaut, Pascal
France, Paris
Cirad
Vatunga, Gedeão M.L.
Angola, Luanda
Instituto de Combate e Controlo Das Tripanossomiases
Josénando, Théophile
Angola, Luanda
Instituto de Combate e Controlo Das Tripanossomiases
Herder, Stéphane
France, Paris
Cirad
Cuny, Gérard
France, Paris
Cirad
Truc, Philippe
Angola, Luanda
Instituto de Combate e Controlo Das Tripanossomiases
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Ollivier, Bernard M.
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Statistics
Citations: 82
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.meegid.2009.09.013
ISSN:
15671348
Study Locations
Angola