The Midgut Bacterial Flora of Laboratory-Reared Hard Ticks, Haemaphysalis longicornis, Hyalomma asiaticum, and Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides

Ixodid ticks play an important role in the transmission of a variety of zoonoses of viral, bacterial and protozoan origin, and they also harbor a wealth of microorganisms. To gain more detailed insights into the potential interactions between bacterial flora and tick-borne pathogens, we investigated...

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Main Authors: Chun-hong LI, Jie CAO, Yong-zhi ZHOU, Hou-shuang ZHANG, Hai-yan GONG, Jin-lin ZHOU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-08-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311913605171