Differential microbial composition in parasitic vs. questing ticks based on 16S next-generation sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As tick-borne diseases rise to become the second most prevalent arthropod-transmitted disease globally, the increasing investigations focus on ticks correspondingly. Factors contributed to this increase include anthropogenic influences, changes in vertebrate faunal composition, social-recreational shifts, and climatic variation. Employing the 16S gene sequence method in next-generation sequencing (NGS) allows comprehensive pathogen identification in samples, facilitating the development of refined approaches to tick research omnidirectionally.

Methods

In our survey, we compared the microbial richness and biological diversity of ticks in Wuwei City, Gansu province, differentiating between questing ticks found in grass and parasitic ticks collected from sheep base

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773790 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature