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SUBMITTER: Nakao R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3635243 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakao Ryo R Abe Takashi T Nijhof Ard M AM Yamamoto Seigo S Jongejan Frans F Ikemura Toshimichi T Sugimoto Chihiro C
The ISME journal 20130110 5
Ticks transmit a variety of viral, bacterial and protozoal pathogens, which are often zoonotic. The aim of this study was to identify diverse tick microbiomes, which may contain as-yet unidentified pathogens, using a metagenomic approach. DNA prepared from bacteria/archaea-enriched fractions obtained from seven tick species, namely Amblyomma testudinarium, Amblyomma variegatum, Haemaphysalis formosensis, Haemaphysalis longicornis, Ixodes ovatus, Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes ricinus, was subject ...[more]