A dual endosymbiosis supports nutritional adaptation to hematophagy in the invasive tick Hyalomma marginatum

A dual endosymbiosis supports nutritional adaptation to hematophagy in the invasive tick Hyalomma marginatum

Many animals are dependent on microbial partners that provide essential nutrients lacking from their diet. Ticks, whose diet consists exclusively on vertebrate blood, rely on maternally inherited bacterial symbionts to supply B vitamins. While previously studied tick species consistently harbor a si...

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Main Authors: Marie Buysse, Anna Maria Floriano, Yuval Gottlieb, Tiago Nardi, Francesco Comandatore, Emanuela Olivieri, Alessia Giannetto, Ana M Palomar, Benjamin L Makepeace, Chiara Bazzocchi, Alessandra Cafiso, Davide Sassera, Olivier Duron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-12-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
endosymbiosis
hematophagy
Francisella
Midichloria
Hyalomma
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/72747

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/72747

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