Ixodes ricinus tick bacteriome alterations based on a climatically representative survey in Hungary

• DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01243-23
• Publication Date: 2023-11-15T14:03:08Z
• Authors: Adrienn Gréta Tóth; Róbert Farkas; Márton Papp; Oz Kilim; Haeun Yun; László Makrai; Gergely Maróti; Mónika Gyurkovszky; Eszter Krikó; Norbert Solymosi
• Keywords: female; nymph; Ixodes ricinus; QR Microbiology / mikrobiológia; bacteriome; QH301 Biology / biológia; climate; Microbiology; QR1-502; Research Article

Climate-sensitive disease vectors, such as ticks, respond to the environment with changes in their microbiome. These can affect emergence or re-emergence of various vector-borne pathogens, causative agent Lyme borreliosis (LB) tick-borne encephalitis. This aspect is particularly emphasized light climate change. The climatically representative assessment microbiome differences developmental stages most common Central European tick species, Ixodes ricinus, deepens our understanding potential climatic factors behind microbial relative abundance and interaction changes. knowledge support development novel vector control strategies.