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Multi-locus sequence typing of Ixodes ricinus and its symbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii across Europe reveals evidence of local co-cladogenesis in Scotland.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Jan 2019
Al-Khafaji Alaa M, Clegg Simon R, Pinder Alice C, Luu Lisa, Hansford Kayleigh M, Seelig Frederik, Dinnis Ruth E, Margos Gabriele, Medlock Jolyon M, Feil Edward J, Darby Alistair C, McGarry John W, Gilbert Lucy, Plantard Olivier, Sassera Davide, Makepeace Benjamin L
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Ticks have relatively complex microbiomes, but only a small proportion of the bacterial symbionts recorded from ticks are vertically transmitted. Moreover, co-cladogenesis between ticks and their symbionts, indicating an intimate relationship over evolutionary history driven by a mutualistic association, is the exception rather than the rule. One of the most widespread tick symbionts is Candidatus Midichloria,...
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