Ticks and the pathogens they transmit constitute a growing burden for human and animal
health worldwide. Vector competence is a component of vectorial capacity and depends on …

Ticks are among the most important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and other
animals worldwide. They do not only carry pathogens however, as a diverse group of …

Insect heritable symbionts have proven to be ubiquitous, based on molecular screening of
various insect lineages. Recently, molecular and experimental approaches have yielded an …

Introduction Ticks are the most common arthropod vectors of both human and animal
diseases in Europe, and the Ixodes ricinus tick species is able to transmit a large number of …

Ticks are obligate blood-feeders and serve as vectors of human and livestock pathogens
worldwide. Defining the tick microbiome and deciphering the interactions between the tick …

The evolution of obligate host-association of bacterial symbionts and pathogens remains
poorly understood. The Rickettsiales are an alphaproteobacterial order of obligate …

The discovery of Asgard archaea, phylogenetically closer to eukaryotes than other archaea,
together with improved knowledge of microbial ecology, impose new constraints on …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

The hard tick, Ixodes ricinus, a main Lyme disease vector, harbors an intracellular bacterial
endosymbiont. Midichloria mitochondrii is maternally inherited and resides in the …

Many animals are dependent on microbial partners that provide essential nutrients lacking
from their diet. Ticks, whose diet consists exclusively on vertebrate blood, rely on maternally …