Bacterial microbiomes of Ixodes scapularis ticks collected from Massachusetts and Texas, USA

Bacterial microbiomes of Ixodes scapularis ticks collected from Massachusetts and Texas, USA

Abstract Background The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the primary vector of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in North America. Though the tick is found across the eastern United States, Lyme disease is endemic to the northeast and upper midwest and rare or absent in the sou...

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Main Authors: Santosh Thapa, Yan Zhang, Michael S. Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Tick microbiome
Ixodes scapularis
16S rRNA
Microbial diversity
Blacklegged tick
Ecology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-019-1514-7

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