Sutáková G, Rehácek J
Institute of Experimental Phytopathology and Entomology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia.
Exp Appl Acarol. 1991 Apr;11(1):57-72. doi: 10.1007/BF01193729.
Endocytobionts (ECBs) were detected in the ovaries of Dermacentor reticulatus. Their developmental cycle is directly related to the developmental stages of tick oocytes. Two basic forms of ECBs occur in tick cells, i.e. dense forms, occurring singly or in aggregates situated free in the cytoplasm of host cells, and the light forms which are larger, pleomorphic and always situated inside vacuoles of host cells. The light forms occur together with dense forms in all oocytes. The dense forms occur freely and independently in funicular cells of the oocyte, the epithelial cells of oviducts, and additionally in the cells of the Malpighian tubules. A probable function of ECBs in the tick host is discussed.
在网纹革蜱的卵巢中检测到内共生体（ECBs）。它们的发育周期与蜱卵母细胞的发育阶段直接相关。蜱细胞中存在两种基本形式的内共生体，即致密型，单个或聚集存在于宿主细胞胞质中，以及轻型，其体积较大，形态多样，且总是位于宿主细胞的液泡内。轻型在所有卵母细胞中都与致密型共存。致密型在卵母细胞的索状细胞、输卵管上皮细胞以及此外的马氏管细胞中自由且独立地存在。文中讨论了内共生体在蜱宿主中的可能功能。
