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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |