Detection of Elizabethkingia spp. in Culicoides Biting Midges, Australia
Peter T. Mee

, Stacey E. Lynch, Peter J. Walker, Lorna Melville, and Jean-Bernard Duchemin
Author affiliations: The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (P.T. Mee); Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia (P.T. Mee, S.E. Lynch); Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (P.T. Mee, P.J. Walker. J.-B. Duchemin); University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia (P.J. Walker); Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia (L. Melville)
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Collection locations and sequencing results for study of Elizabethkingia in Culicoides biting midges, Australia*
Culicoides species |
Collection location |
Collection coordinates |
% Infected with Elizabethkingia (no. infected/no. collected) |
Average no. Elizabethkingia reads per individual (95% CI) |
Average % Elizabethkingia reads to bacterial reads (95% CI) |
C. brevitarsis |
Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory |
12°39′S, 131°19′E |
71 (15/21) |
1,419 (724–2,113) |
0.075 (0.05–0.1) |
C. multimaculatus |
Lake Wellington, Victoria |
38°23′S, 147°21′E |
0 (0/21) |
NA |
NA |
C. victoriae |
Grampians, Victoria |
38°08′S, 142°12′E |
0 (0/24) |
NA |
NA |
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