Documenting the microbiome diversity and distribution in selected fleas from South Africa with an emphasis on the cat flea, Ctenocephalides f. felis.

The factors that influence parasite associated bacterial microbial diversity and the geographic distributions of bacteria are not fully understood. In an effort to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between the bacterial diversity of Ctenocephalides fleas and host species and the extern...

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Main Authors: Conrad A. Matthee, Anandi Bierman, Boris R. Krasnov, Sonja Matthee, Luther van der Mescht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-09-01
Series:Parasitology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0031182023000835/type/journal_article