Tick Microbiomes in Neotropical Forest Fragments Are Best Explained by Tick-Associated and Environmental Factors Rather than Host Blood Source-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Tick Microbiomes in Neotropical Forest Fragments Are Best Explained by Tick-Associated and Environmental Factors Rather than Host Blood Source

Published:2021-03-11 Issue:7 Volume:87 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Kueneman Jordan G.¹^ORCID,Esser Helen J.¹²,Weiss Sophie J.³,Jansen Patrick A.¹²,Foley Janet E.⁴

Affiliation:

1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

2. Wageningen University, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands

3. University of Colorado at Boulder, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Boulder, Colorado, USA

4. University of California at Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, USA

Abstract

Blood-feeding arthropod microbiomes often play important roles in disease transmission, yet the factors that structure tick microbial communities in the Neotropics are unknown. Utilizing ticks collected from live animals in neotropical forest fragments, this study teases apart the contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic tick-associated factors on tick microbial composition as well as which specific microbes contribute to differences across tick species, tick life stages, the mammals they fed on, and the locations from where they were sampled.

Funder

Smithsonian Institution

Wageningen University

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.02668-20

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