Comparison of salivary gland and midgut microbiome in the soft ticks Ornithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata

IntroductionOrnithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata are the main vectors of African swine fever virus (ASFV) and the human relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia hispanica and Borrelia crocidurae in the Mediterranean region and Borrelia duttoni in continental Africa. Manipulation of the tick m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elianne Piloto-Sardiñas, Ana Laura Cano-Argüelles, Apolline Maitre, Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Lourdes Mateos-Hernández, Alexandra Corduneanu, Dasiel Obregón, Ana Oleaga, Ricardo Pérez-Sánchez, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1173609/full