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Gut Microbiota of the Tick Vector Ixodes scapularis Modulate Colonization of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

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(2014) Michael Roggenbuck et al.   Nature Communications

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UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads

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Preliminary Assessment of Microbiome Changes Following Blood-Feeding and Survivorship in the Amblyomma americanum Nymph-to-Adult Transition using Semiconductor Sequencing

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Next Generation Sequencing Uncovers Unexpected Bacterial Pathogens in Ticks in Western Europe

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The alligator gut microbiome and implications for archosaur symbioses

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(2012) Itai Lalzar et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2012) Hadas Hawlena et al.   ISME Journal

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(2012)   NATURE

Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studies

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Examining the Fish Microbiome: Vertebrate-Derived Bacteria as an Environmental Niche for the Discovery of Unique Marine Natural Products

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The Application of Ecological Theory Toward an Understanding of the Human Microbiome

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Transovarial transmission of Borrelia spirochetes by Ixodes scapularis: A summary of the literature and recent observations

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Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing

(2011) Renato Andreotti et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Ixodes scapularis salivary gland protein P11 facilitates migration of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from the tick gut to salivary glands

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A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

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Metagenomic Profile of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Ixodes ricinus Ticks

(2011) Giovanna Carpi et al.   PLoS One

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Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST

(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

Metacommunity organization of soil microorganisms depends on habitat defined by presence of Lobelia siphilitica plants

(2010) Stephanie R. Hovatter et al.   ECOLOGY

Ironing out the wrinkles in the rare biosphere through improved OTU clustering

(2010) Susan M. Huse et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Anaplasma phagocytophilum induces Ixodes scapularis ticks to express an antifreeze glycoprotein gene that enhances their survival in the cold

(2010) Girish Neelakanta et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Bacterial Diversity in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) With a Focus on Members of the Genus Rickettsia

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QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

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Niche Partitioning of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in the Same Tick Vector and Mammalian Reservoir Species

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Deciphering the Relationships between Rickettsia conorii conorii and Rhipicephalus sanguineus in the Ecology and Epidemiology of Mediterranean Spotted Fever

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PyNAST: a flexible tool for aligning sequences to a template alignment

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Wrinkles in the rare biosphere: pyrosequencing errors can lead to artificial inflation of diversity estimates

(2009) Victor Kunin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance Matrix

(2009) M. N. Price et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist

(2009) T. Hosokawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assessment of Polymicrobial Infections in Ticks in New York State

(2009) Rafal Tokarz et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Diversity of Ixodes ricinus tick-associated bacterial communities from different forests

(2008) Leo Van Overbeek et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Microbial communities and interactions in the lone star tick,Amblyomma americanum

(2008) K. CLAY et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Rickettsia amblyommii Infecting Amblyomma americanum Larvae

(2008) Ellen Y. Stromdahl et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES