Upset plot phyla and genera

Upset plots were used to determine which microbial genera and phyla were unique to <i>Rhipicephalus microplus</i> ticks collected from cattle populations in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal, providing information on the impact of spatial scale on the tick microbiome. <i>Rhipicephalus microplus </i>ticks<i> </i>reared on pathogen-free cattle were included in the analysis as a way to predict a putative core microbiome. This study determined that 148 bacterial genera were common to all samples and thus formed a theoretical South African <i>R. microplus </i>core microbiome, which may play an essential role in the biology and fitness of this species.

本研究采用UpSet图，对采自南非姆普马兰加省与夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省牛群的微小牛蜱（Rhipicephalus microplus）所特有的微生物属与微生物门进行鉴定，为探究空间尺度对蜱虫微生物组的影响提供数据支撑。本研究同时纳入了在无病原牛只上饲养的微小牛蜱样本，以此预测该蜱虫的推定核心微生物组。经分析，共有148个细菌属在所有受试样本中均存在，由此构建了南非地区微小牛蜱（R. microplus）的理论核心微生物组，该菌群或在该物种的生物学特性与生存适合度中发挥关键作用。