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ArticleJournal of medical entomology2026

Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) harbor non-divergent bacterial microbiomes in Arizona.

Maureen Brophy, Kathleen R Walker, Johnathan Adamson, Alison Ravenscraft

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Article in Journal of medical entomology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maureen BrophyDepartment of Entomology & Insect Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7612-542X
Kathleen R WalkerDepartment of Entomology & Insect Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.
Johnathan AdamsonDepartment of Biology, The University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States.
Alison RavenscraftDepartment of Biology, The University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States.

Funding

Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Disease A18-0612-S006University of Arizona BIO5 Institute Center for Insect Science
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) is a species complex of ticks that are important vectors of many diseases to humans and other animals. In Arizona, the ranges of the 2 primary genetic variants-the temperate and the tropical lineages-overlap. The temperate and tropical lineages of R. sanguineus s.l. have divergent strains of the obligate Coxiella-like endosymbiont; however, it is unknown whether the microbiomes of the temperate and tropical lineages are otherwise different. There is growing evidence that non-pathogenic bacteria may be important components of vector-borne disease dynamics, even at low abundance. This research utilized a blocking primer to prevent sequencing of Coxiella to enable a closer examination of bacterial community structure of R. sanguineus s.l. ticks in Arizona. There were many commonalities among bacterial genera found within R. sanguineus s.l. ticks across the state, but no clear distinctions in bacterial community composition based on lineage, sex, female engorgement level, or collection location. Keywords: acarology, insect-symbiont interaction, microbiology, medical entomology.

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BacteriaMicrobiotaRhipicephalus sanguineusAnimalsArizonaFemaleMale

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