Simple Summary New sequencing technologies have now made it possible to sequence
entire genomes for a diversity of life on earth. Parasites comprise nearly half of all species …

Haematopinus suis is an obligatory ectoparasite of the domestic pig, serving as a vector of
several swine pathogens and posing great threats to the pig industry. The gut microbiome of …

Bartonella quintana is a re-emerging louse-borne pathogen. Horizontal transmission from
the body louse vector (Pediculus humanus humanu s) to a human host occurs through …

Parasitic arthropods have not typically been included in conservation and management
strategies, possibly because the most well-known blood-feeding arthropods are associated …

While interspecific variation in microbiome composition can often be readily explained by
factors such as host species identity, there is still limited knowledge of how microbiomes …

Body lice and bed bugs are hematophagous insects that parasitize humans. Body lice are
established vectors of several bacterial pathogens (eg Bartonella quintana, Borrelia …

Introduction: The presence of bacterial pathogens in the human head louse, Pediculus
humanus capitis, has been subject to intense research in the last decade. Of particular …

Abstract Kwan et al.(2017) published an informative study comparing results obtained by
next‐generation sequencing (NGS) of mean bacterial genera richness among different life …

Microbial communities of bacteria, viruses, and fungi form complex interactions in nature.
However, our understanding of these communities is limited to those that can be cultured in …