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A Francisella-like endosymbiont in the Gulf Coast tick evolved from a mammalian pathogen

Ticks (order Ixodida) vector pathogenic bacteria that cause diseases in humans and other mammals. They also contain bacteria that are closely related to pathogens but function as endosymbionts that provide nutrients that are missing from mammalian blood—their sole food source. For instance, mammalia...

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Autores principales: Gerhart, Jonathan G., Moses, Abraham S., Raghavan, Rahul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27645766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33670