{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"submitter":["Andreotti R"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, hinders livestock production in tropical and subtropical parts of the world where it is endemic. Tick microbiomes remain largely unexplored. The objective of this study was to explore the R. microplus microbiome by applying the bacterial 16S tag-encoded FLX-titanium amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP) technique to characterize its bacterial diversity. Pyrosequencing was performed on adult males and females, eggs, and gut and ovary tissues from adult females derived from samples of R. microplus collected during outbreaks in southern Texas.<h4>Results</h4>Raw data from bTEFAP were screened and trimmed based upon quali"],"journal":["BMC microbiology"],"pagination":["6"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3025832"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing."],"pmcid":["PMC3025832"],"pubmed_authors":["Perez de Leon AA","Dowd SE","Scoles GA","Guerrero FD","Bendele KG","Andreotti R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, hinders livestock production in tropical and subtropical parts of the world where it is endemic. Tick microbiomes remain largely unexplored. The objective of this study was to explore the R. microplus microbiome by applying the bacterial 16S tag-encoded FLX-titanium amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP) technique to characterize its bacterial diversity. Pyrosequencing was performed on adult males and females, eggs, and gut and ovary tissues from adult females derived from samples of R. microplus collected during outbreaks in southern Texas.<h4>Results</h4>Raw data from bTEFAP were screened and trimmed based upon quali","dates":{"release":"2011-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2011 Jan","modification":"2025-04-22T05:07:41.167Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:38:22Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3025832","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21211038"],"doi":["10.1186/1471-2180-11-6"]}}