16S rRNA metabarcoding for the identification of tick-borne bacteria in ticks in the Republic of Korea

Abstract Ticks are blood-sucking ectoparasites that act as vectors for transmission of various pathogens. The purpose of this study was to assess tick-borne bacteria, whether pathogenic or not, in ticks distributed in Korea using 16S rRNA metabarcoding and to confirm the results by PCR. Questing tic...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Badriah Alkathiri, Subin Lee, KyuSung Ahn, Yun Sang Cho, So Youn Youn, Kwangwon Seo, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Xuenan Xuan, Dongmi Kwak, SungShik Shin, Seung-Hun Lee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-08-01
Subjects:	Next-generation sequencing Tick-borne pathogen Endosymbiont Tick-borne bacteria Tick Arthropod
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70815-7