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Identification of Bacterial Infection in Neotropical Primates |
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| Authors: | Andre Menezes-Costa Erik Machado-Ferreira Carolina M. Voloch Cibele R. Bonvicino Hector N. Seuánez Orilio Leoncini Carlos A. G. Soares |
| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Eucariontes e Simbiontes, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fund?o, CCS, Bloco A, Lab. A2-120, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 21944-970, Brazil 2. Lab. Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz?FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3. Laboratório de Biologia Teórica e Aplicada, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4. Instituto Nacional do Cancer/Divis?o de Genética, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Abstract: | Emerging infectious diseases usually arise from wild animal populations. In the present work, we performed a screening for bacterial infection in natural populations of New World primates. The blood cell bulk DNAs from 181 individuals of four Platyrrhini genera were PCR screened for eubacterial 16S rRNA genes. Bacteria were detected and identified in 13 distinct individuals of Alouatta belzebul, Alouatta caraya, and Cebus apella monkeys from geographically distant regions in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil. Sequence analyses showed that these Platyrrhini bacteria are closely related not only to human pathogens Pseudomonas spp. but also to Pseudomonas simiae and sheep-Acari infecting Pseudomonas spp. The identified Pseudomonas possibly represents a group of bacteria circulating in natural monkey populations. |
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