Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2025 Jul 17;62(4):930-937.
doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf060.

The microbiome of the sucking louse Linognathus stenopsis (Phthiraptera, Anoplura, Linognathiidae)

Francisco J Márquez  1 , José E Granados  2 , Luz M Canet  3 , Manuel de Rojas  4 , Antonio J Caruz  5 , Jesús M Pérez  1
Affiliations

The microbiome of the sucking louse Linognathus stenopsis (Phthiraptera, Anoplura, Linognathiidae)

Francisco J Márquez et al. J Med Entomol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Linognathus stenopsis; Anoplura; microbiome.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Graphical Abstract
Graphical Abstract
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Linognathus stenopsis. Adult gravid female. Habitus.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Comparison of sucking louse microbiota alpha diversity between each replicated sample, including species richness (represented by observed species) and evenness (represented by Shannon and Simpson index).
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
(A) Taxonomical composition of Linognathus stenopsis microbiota by family and genus. (B) Taxonomical composition of L. stenopsis microbiota by family and genus, excluding LSE cf Sodalis genus. The order of the colors used consistently corresponds to the order presented in the explanatory key, from top to bottom.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.
Heat map of replicas for the top genera.
Fig. 5.
Fig. 5.
Euler diagram showing the relationships between the main bacteria find in each sample at the genus level.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

References

    1. Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad SS, et al. 2016. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the ‘Enterobacteriales’: proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 66:5575–5599. https://doi.org/ 10.1099/ijsem.0.001485 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Alarcón ME, Polo PG, Akyüz SN, et al. 2022. Evolution and ontogeny of bacteriocytes in insects. Front. Physiol. 13:1034066. https://doi.org/ 10.3389/fphys.2022.1034066 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Balados-González GG, Martínez-Hernández JM, Martínez-Rodríguez PB, et al. 2023. Molecular detection of hemotropic Mycoplasma and Bartonella species in lice from sheep and goats of Mexico. Vet. Parasitol. Reg. Stud. Rep. 44:100921. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100921 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Binetruy F, Dupraz M, Buysse M, et al. 2019. Surface sterilization methods impact measures of internal microbial diversity in ticks. Parasites Vectors. 12. https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s13071-019-3517-5 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Boyd BM. 2014. Bacterial symbiosis with parasitic lice. PhD Thesis. University of Florida.

Grants and funding

LinkOut - more resources