Species-Level Profiling of Ixodes pacificus Bacterial Microbiomes Reveals High Variability Across Short Spatial Scales at Different Taxonomic Resolutions

KM Socarras, JP Earl, JE Krol, A Bhat… - Genetic testing and …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background and Aims: Outbreaks of severe and chronic tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are on
the rise. This is through the transmission of infectious disease agents to humans during tick …