MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH HARD TICKS (IXODIDAE):FROM SYMBIONTS TO TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS
Journal: Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano)
Year: 2012

The research activity I developed during my doctorate can be divided into three parts. First, I investigated the genetic variability of Ixodes ricinus in Europe and North Africa also screening for the presence of bacteria belonging to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu latu complex. A second part of the work focused on Midichloria mitochondrii the principal endosymbiont of I. ricinus. This intramitochondrial bacterium is also present in other tick species but information on the exact intracellular locat