Micropathogen community identification in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) using third-generation sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Ticks are important vectors that facilitate the transmission of a broad range of micropathogens to vertebrates, including humans. Because of their role in disease transmission, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize the micropathogen profiles of tick populations. The objective of the present study was to survey the micropathogens of ticks by third-generation metagenomic sequencing using the PacBio Sequel platform. Approximately 46.481 Gbp of raw micropathogen sequence data were obtained from samples from four different regions of Heilongjiang Province, China. The clean consensus sequences were compared with host sequences and filtered at 90% similarity. Most of the identified genomes represent previously unsequenced strains. The draft genomes contain an average o

SUBMITTER: Luo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8253887 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature