Bacterial microbiota analysis demonstrates that ticks can acquire bacteria from habitat and host blood meal
Sisi Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xue-Jiao Zhou, Kaili Chen, Abolfazl Masoudi, Jingze Liu, Yan‐Kai Zhang
Topics & Concepts
BiologyTickAnimal ecologyBacteriaBlood mealProteobacteriaZoologyMicrobiologyHost (biology)BartonellaFirmicutesIxodidaeEcologyMicrobiome16S ribosomal RNAGeneticsBioinformaticsVector-borne infectious diseasesInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesViral Infections and Vectors