Differential microbial composition in parasitic vs. questing ticks based on 16S next-generation sequencing

IntroductionAs tick-borne diseases rise to become the second most prevalent arthropod-transmitted disease globally, the increasing investigations focus on ticks correspondingly. Factors contributed to this increase include anthropogenic influences, changes in vertebrate faunal composition, social-re...

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Main Authors: Lin Zhang, Jing Han, Qi Zhou, Zhen He, Shi-Wei Sun, Rui Li, Rui-Shan Li, Wen-Kai Zhang, Yu-Hua Wang, Lin-Li Xu, Zhen-Hua Lu, Zhong-Jun Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1264939/full