Tick Microbiota from the Iberian Peninsula

We investigate the composition and structure of microbial communities across natural populations of three co-distributed tick species (Hyalomma lusitanicum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and Rhipicephalus bursa) in the central Iberian Peninsula (Castilla-La Mancha region). Specifically, we integrate high-throughput DNA sequencing of tick microbiota with microbial ecological analyses and network association approaches to examine the patterns of microbiota richness, dissimilarity, and microbe–microbe associations within and among these tick species, which co-occur at a microgeographic scale.本研究针对伊比利亚半岛中部卡斯蒂利亚-拉曼恰地区的三种共分布蜱虫物种（Hyalomma lusitanicum、Rhipicephalus sanguineus、Rhipicephalus bursa）的自然种群，探究其体内微生物群落的组成与结构。具体而言，本研究将蜱虫微生物群的高通量DNA测序数据，与微生物生态学分析及网络关联分析方法相结合，旨在解析这三种在微地理尺度下共存的蜱虫物种体内及物种间的微生物群丰富度、群落相异度以及微生物间关联模式。