Diversity of the bacterial and viral communities in the tropical horse tick, Dermacentor nitens in Colombia
Andrés F. Holguin-Rocha, Arley Calle-Tobón, Gissella M. Vásquez, Helvio Astete, Michael L. Fisher, Alberto Tobón-Castaño, Gabriel Jaime Vélez Tobón, L. Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz, Kristopher Silver, Yoonseong Park, Berlin L. Londono-Renteria
The paper characterizes bacterial and viral communities in Dermacentor nitens ticks from three Colombian regions, finding regional differences in microbial composition and identifying potential endosymbionts and viruses.
bioRxiv · May 4, 2023 · PreprintBioinformatics