Journal
ISME JOURNAL
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 221-223Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.71
Keywords
bacterial diversity; microbiome; pyrosequencing; rodents; fleas; ticks
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- NIH/NSF [DEB-03268742]
- NIH grant [1RC2HG005806-01]
- Indiana Metabolomics and Cytomics Initiative of Indiana University (IU)
- IU Center for Research in Environmental Sciences
- UNT-HHMI
- NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE [RC2HG005806] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Bacterial community composition in blood-sucking arthropods can shift dramatically across time and space. We used 16S rRNA gene amplification and pyrosequencing to investigate the relative impact of vertebrate host-related, arthropod-related and environmental factors on bacterial community composition in fleas and ticks collected from rodents in southern Indiana (USA). Bacterial community composition was largely affected by arthropod identity, but not by the rodent host or environmental conditions. Specifically, the arthropod group (fleas vs ticks) determined the community composition of bacteria, where bacterial communities of ticks were less diverse and more dependent on arthropod traits-especially tick species and life stage-than bacterial communities of fleas. Our data suggest that both arthropod life histories and the presence of arthropod-specific endosymbionts may mask the effects of the vertebrate host and its environment. The ISME Journal (2013) 7, 221-223; doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.71; published online 28 June 2012
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