• A Coxiella mutualist symbiont is essential to the development of rhipicephalus microplus 

      Garcia Guizzo, Melina; Parizi, Luís Fernando; Nunes, Rodrigo Dutra; Schama, Renata; Albano, Rodolpho M.; Tirloni, Lucas; Oldiges, Daiane Patrícia; Pilz Vieira, Ricardo; Cruz Oliveira, Wanderson Henrique; De Souza Leite, Milane; Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto; Farber, Marisa Diana; Martins, Orlando; Da Silva Vaz, Itabajara; Oliveira, Pedro L. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-12)
      The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is a hematophagous ectoparasite that causes important economic losses in livestock. Different species of ticks harbor a symbiont bacterium of the genus Coxiella. It was showed that ...
    • Coxiella endosymbiont of rhipicephalus microplus modulates tick physiology with a major impact in blood feeding capacity 

      Garcia Guizzo, Melina; Tirloni, Lucas; Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto; Farber, Marisa Diana; Braz, Glória; Parizi, Luís Fernando; Dedavid e Silva, Lucas Andre; Da Silva Vaz, Itabajara; Oliveira, Pedro L. (Frontiers Media, 2022-05)
      In the past decade, metagenomics studies exploring tick microbiota have revealed widespread interactions between bacteria and arthropods, including symbiotic interactions. Functional studies showed that obligate endosymbionts ...