SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13005, Ciudad Real, Spain.
SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13005, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2021 Mar;12(2):101624. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101624. Epub 2020 Dec 14.
Exploring tick associations with complex microbial communities and single-microbial partners, especially intracellular symbionts, has become crucial to understand tick biology. Of particular interest are the underlying interactions with biological consequences i.e. tick fitness, vector competence. In this study, we first sequenced the 16S rRNA bacterial phylogenetic marker in adult male ticks of Hyalomma lusitanicum collected from 5 locations in the province of Cáceres to explore the composition of its microbial community. Overall, 16S rRNA sequencing results demonstrated that the microbial community of H. lusitanicum is mostly dominated by Francisella-like endosymbionts (FLEs) (ranging from 52% to 99% of relative abundance) suggesting it is a key taxon within the microbial community and likely a primary endosymbiont. However, further research is required to explore the mechanisms underlying the interaction between FLEs and H. lusitanicum.
探讨蜱与复杂微生物群落和单一微生物伙伴（特别是细胞内共生体）的关联，对于了解蜱的生物学特性至关重要。特别关注的是具有生物学后果的潜在相互作用，即蜱的适合度、媒介能力。在这项研究中，我们首先对从卡塞雷斯省 5 个地点采集的雄性成年璃眼蜱的 16S rRNA 细菌系统发育标记物进行了测序，以探索其微生物群落的组成。总体而言，16S rRNA 测序结果表明，璃眼蜱的微生物群落主要由弗朗西斯氏菌样内共生体（FLE）（相对丰度范围为 52%至 99%）主导，表明它是微生物群落中的一个关键分类群，可能是主要的内共生体。然而，需要进一步的研究来探索 FLE 与璃眼蜱之间相互作用的机制。
