Asaia bogorensis

Asaia bogorensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Acetobacteraceae
Genus: Asaia
Species:
A. bogorensis
Binomial name
Asaia bogorensis
Yamada et al. 2000

Asaia bogorensis is a species of acetic acid bacterium. It is Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and peritrichously flagellated. It was first isolated from specimens of Bauhinia purpurea and Plumbago auriculata. Its type strain is 71T (= NRIC 0311T = JCM 10569T).[1] It is potentially pathogenic.[2]

Relationship with Plasmodium species

A. bogorensis has been implicated in modulating the susceptibility of mosquitoes to infection by Plasmodium parasites. A 2021 study reported that colonization of the mosquito midgut by A. bogorensis can promote parasite development by altering the physicochemical environment of the gut.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Yamada, Y.; Katsura, K.; Kawasaki, H.; Widyastuti, Y.; Saono, S.; Seki, T.; Uchimura, T.; Komagata, K. (2000). "Asaia bogorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusual acetic acid bacterium in the alpha-Proteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (2): 823–829. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-823. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10758893.
  2. ↑ Tuuminen, T.; Heinasmaki, T.; Kerttula, T. (2006). "First Report of Bacteremia by Asaia bogorensis, in a Patient with a History of Intravenous-Drug Abuse". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44 (8): 3048–3050. doi:10.1128/JCM.00521-06. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 1594642. PMID 16891542.
  3. ↑ Wang, Mengfei; An, Yanpeng; Gao, Li; Dong, Shengzhang; Zhou, Xiaofeng; Feng, Yuebiao; Wang, Penghua; Dimopoulos, George; Tang, Huiru; Wang, Jingwen (2021). "Glucose-mediated proliferation of a gut commensal bacterium promotes Plasmodium infection by increasing mosquito midgut pH". Cell Reports. 35 (3) 108992. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108992. PMC 8116483. PMID 33882310.

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