a 2008

Identification of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from ixodid ticks.

ŠVEC, Pavel, Dana NOVÁKOVÁ, Ivo RUDOLF, Silvie ŠIKUTOVÁ, Jana MASAŘÍKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Identification of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from ixodid ticks.

Name in Czech

Identifikace Staphylococcus spp. izolovaných z klíšťat

Authors

ŠVEC, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Dana NOVÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Ivo RUDOLF (203 Czech Republic), Silvie ŠIKUTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Jana MASAŘÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Zdeněk HUBÁLEK (203 Czech Republic) and Ivo SEDLÁČEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Abstract Book, XII International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology, 2008

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Turkey

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00024266

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

ixodid ticks; staphylococcus; identification; taxonomy

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 24/3/2010 12:10, doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

A group of eight Gram-positive, catalase positive cocci was isolated during analysis of cultivable microflora of ixodid ticks, namely Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna, vectors of many vertebrate pathogens. Analysed strains were isolated from whole-body homogenized surface-sterilized ticks inoculated on different kinds of media: Tryptone Soya Agar, Brain-Heart Infusion Agar and Columbia Blood Agar. Individual colonies were picked up, purified and preliminary identified by using rep-PCR fingerprinting with the primer (GTG)5. This method assigned three strains as Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (DR11, HC37, HC48), two strains as Staphylococcus warneri (HC13, HC36) and the remaining strains represented Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii (DR8), Staphylococcus epidermidis (HC34) and Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis (HC31). These results were verified by automated ribotyping with EcoRI (RiboPrinter microbial characterization system) as well as whole-cell protein fingerprinting and confirmed the (GTG)5-PCR fingerprinting as a fast and reliable tool for identification of staphylococci. Biotyping using API ID 32 Staph kit misidentified S. cohnii subsp. cohnii (DR8) as Staphylococcus xylosus and S. warneri (HC13) as Staphylococcus haemolyticus. Two strains (DR11 and DR8) originated from Dermacentor reticulatus and the remaining strains were isolated from Haemaphysalis concinna. Interestingly, no staphylococci were isolated from Ixodes ricinus in our study. There is no evidence that staphylococci isolated in our study create integral part of tick internal microflora, obviously they are ingested incidentally during tick feeding on vertebrate host and they could survive in tick midgut. Financial support from project KJB600930613 is gratefully acknowledged.

In Czech

Práce popisuje identifikaci devíti kmenů rodu Staphylococcus izolovaných z klíšťat Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus a Haemaphysalis concinna. Všechny kmeny byly charakterizovány biotypizací, rep-PCR, ribotypizací a analýzou celkových buněčných proteinů a identifikovány jako Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (kmeny DR11, HC37, HC48), Staphylococcus warneri (HC13, HC36), Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii (DR8), Staphylococcus epidermidis (HC34) a Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis (HC31).

Links

KJB600930613, research and development project
Name: Diverzita kultivovatelných mikroorganizmů v klíšťatech, vektorech patogenů obratlovců
Investor: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Diversity of cultivable microorganisms of ixodid ticks, recognized vectors of vertebrate pathogens