Inherited microorganisms are associated with a variety of reproductive alterations in their hosts, including cytoplasmic incompatibility, thelytokous parthenogenesis, feminization of genetic males, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Rickettsia is spread by ticks, ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified a new species of Rickettsia bacteria that may cause significant disease in dogs and humans. This new yet unnamed species, initially ...

Ticks, including many that bite humans, are hosts to several obligate intracellular bacteria in the spotted fever group (SFG) of the genus Rickettsia. Only Rickettsia rickettsii, the agent of Rocky ...

The predatory mirid bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis, which preys on agricultural pests, is used as a biological control agent. This discovery has significant implications for biological control which ...

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — In Baja California, including the city of Tijuana, 19 deaths this year have been attributed to rickettsia, according to Adrián Medina Amarillas, the state’s secretary of ...

Scientists call for increased vigilance. Researchers raise alarm after discovering new type of bacteria killing dogs in US: ...

Microbiologists of St Petersburg University, together with researchers from the University of Milan, the University of Pisa, and the University of Pavia, have discovered a new family of bacteria ...

The pathogen is closely related to species that infect humans. A newly identified tick-borne disease in the United States has raised concerns among scientists after causing severe illness and death in ...

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The number of rickettsia-related deaths in the state of Baja California is up to 31 so far this year, according health officials. Twenty of those cases have been in the ...