Ixodes scapularis does not harbor a stable midgut microbiome
B. D. Ross, B. Hayes, M. C. Radey, X. Lee, T. Josek, J. Bjork, D. Neitzel, S. Paskewitz, S. Chou, J. D. Mougous
The paper investigates the midgut microbiome of Ixodes scapularis and finds it lacks a stable resident microbiota, which may explain the absence of interbacterial competition genes in Borrelia burgdorferi.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2017Microbiology