Comparative Metagenomic Profiling of Symbiotic Bacterial Communities Associated with Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes pavlovskyi and Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks.
Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes pavlovskyi, and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks Colanders inhabiting Western Siberia are responsible for the transmission of a number of etiological agents that cause human and animal tick-borne diseases.Because these ticks are abundant in the suburbs of large cities, agricultural areas, and popular tourist sites and freque