Bacterial microbiota composition of Ixodes ricinus ticks: the role of environmental variation, tick characteristics and microbial interactions
T. Aivelo, A. Norberg, B. Tschirren
The paper analyzes the bacterial microbiota of Ixodes ricinus ticks to determine how environmental factors, tick traits, and microbial interactions influence microbial community structure and pathogen co-occurrence.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2019Ecology