The bacterial community of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), an important vector of a wide range of human and animal pathogens, is very common throughout the East and Midwest of the USA. Ticks are known to carry non-pathogenic bacteria that may play a role in their vector competence for pathogens. Several previous studies using the high throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies reported the commensal bacteria in a tick midgut as abundant and diverse. In contrast, in our preliminary survey of the field collected adult lone star ticks, we found the number of culturable/viable bacteria very low.

Methods

We aimed to analyze the bacterial community of A. americanum by a parallel culture-dependent and a culture-independent approach applied to individual ticks.

Results

We analyzed 9

SUBMITTER: Maldonado-Ruiz LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807426 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature