Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Microbial composition of enigmatic bird parasites: Wolbachia and Spiroplasma are the most important bacterial associates of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae)
E. Glowska, Z. K. Filutowska, M. Dabert, M. Gerth
The paper uses 16S amplicon sequencing to analyze bacterial communities in quill mites, identifying Wolbachia and Spiroplasma as key symbionts and finding no evidence for previously reported Anaplasma.
DOI 10.1002/mbo3.964