Metagenomic profile of the bacterial communities associated with Ixodes ricinus ticks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Carpi, Giovanna ^a,b   Cagnacci, Francesca ^a   Wittekindt, Nicola E ^b   Zhao, Fangqing ^b,c   Qi, Ji ^b,d   Tomsho, Lynn P ^b   Drautz, Daniela I ^b   Rizzoli, Annapaola ^a   Schuster, Stephan C ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALGORITHM; AMPLICON; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BORRELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOST SELECTION; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYROSEQUENCING; RICKETTSIA; TAXONOMY; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIELLA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IXODES; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 80054052509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025604     Document Type: Article

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