Bacterial community of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and mammals from Arauca, Colombian Orinoquia.

ABSTRACT: Ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of vertebrates and are relevant worldwide due to the number of bacterial and other pathogens they can transmit. To date, the knowledge about the microorganisms that ticks harbor and transmit to their hosts is incipient. In this study, 24 samples of mammals belonging to four taxonomic orders and ticks of the genera Amblyomma and Rhipicephalus from the Orinoco region of Colombia were analyzed to described and compare the bacterial microbiome. Genetic extraction was performed, and the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was amplified by PCR. Libraries were created, and those samples with adequate quality indices were sequenced using Illumina MiSeq technology. Bacterial taxonomic assignment analyses were conducted through Amplic

SUBMITTER: Ossa-Lopez PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11109883 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature