期刊论文

Liu, Guo-Hua;Duan, DY

英文

Parasites & Vectors

1756-3305

2022

15

1

1-15

10.1186/s13071-022-05161-6

This study was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation of China (no. 31902294), the Planned Programme of Hunan Province Science and Technology Innovation (grant no. 2018RS3085), the Training Programme for Excellent Young Innovators of Changsha (grant no. KH2002001), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (no. 2020JJ5230), and the Research Foundation of the Education Bureau of Hunan Province, China (no. 19A235).

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Ticks, which are ectoparasites of animals, may carry multiple pathogens. The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is an important bovine parasite in China. However, the midgut microbiome of R. microplus from China has not been characterized via metagenomic methods. Rhipicephalus microplus were collected from cattle in the city of Changsha in Hunan province, China. The DNA of the midgut contents was extracted from fully engorged adult female R. microplus. A DNA library was constructed and sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq sequencing platform. SOA...