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Reservoir Role of Lizard Psammodromus algirus in Transmission Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato (Spirochaetaceae) in Tunisia [PDF]

, 2017
To investigate the reservoir role of the lizard Psammodromus algirus for the Lyme disease spirochete, 199 lizards were trapped from April to October 2003 in El Jouza, northwestern Tunisia. In this site, the infection rate of free-living Ixodes ricinus (L.
Bouattour, Ali, Dsouli, Najla, Gern, Lise, Nouira, Said, Postic, Danièle, Younsi-kabachii, Hend   +5 more
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A comparison of faecal microbial populations of South African Windsnyer-type indigenous pigs (SAWIPs) and Large White × Landrace (LW × LR) crosses fed diets containing ensiled maize cobs [PDF]

, 2017
Faecal microbial communities in South African Windsnyer-type indigenous pigs (SAWIPs) and Large White × Landrace (LW × LR) crosses were investigated using high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rDNA genes.
Chapwanya, Aspinas, Chimonyo, Michael, Cormican, Paul, Dzama, Kennedy, Kanengoni, Arnold T., Margolles, Abelardo, Ndimba, Bongani K., Tasara, Taurai   +7 more
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Lyme disease - a brief review and report of a case in Hong Kong [PDF]

, 1995
In a search for the spirochetes responsible for Lyme disease in Hong Kong, a sixty year old female, with a clinical diagnosis of arthritis, was found to have a rising antibody litre against Borrelia burgdorferi by indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA ...
Chan, BSS, Hodgkiss, IJ, Wong, YC
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Molecular Identification of Bloodmeal Source in Ixodes ricinus Ticks Using 12S rDNA As a Genetic Marker [PDF]

, 2017
We developed an efficient molecular method for the identification of the bloodmeal sources in the tick Ixodes ricinus (L.), the European vector of the agents of Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis.
Cadenas, Francisca Morán, Douet, Véronique, Gern, Lise, Humair, Pierre-François, Pol, Ingrid Van De, Schouls, Leo M.   +5 more
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Phenology of Ixodes ricinus and Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Along a North- and South-Facing Altitudinal Gradient on Chaumont Mountain, Switzerland [PDF]

, 2017
Questing Ixodes ricinus L. ticks were collected monthly from 2003 to 2005 on the north- and south-facing slopes of Chaumont Mountain in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at altitudes varying from 620 to 1,070 m. On the south-facing slope, questing tick density was
Cadenas, Francisca Morán, Douet, Véronique, Gern, Lise, Humair, Pierre-françois, Jouda, Fatima, Moret, Jacqueline, Rais, Olivier   +6 more
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Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers

, 2014
Human gut microbiota directly influences health and provides an extra means of adaptive potential to different lifestyles. To explore variation in gut microbiota and to understand how these bacteria may have co-evolved with humans, here we investigate ...
Basaglia, G., Bellis, G., Biagi, E., Brigidi, P., Candela, M., Centanni, M., Consolandi, C., Crittenden, A., Fiori, J., Gotti, R., Henry, A., Luiselli, D., Mabulla, A., Marlowe, F., Peano, C., Rampelli, S., Schnorr, S., Severgnini, M., Turroni, S.   +18 more
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Microbiome composition and presence of cultivable commensal groups of Southern Tamanduas (Tamandua tetradactyla) varies with captive conditions

Animal Microbiome
Southern Tamanduas (Tamandua tetradactyla) belong to the specialized placental myrmecophages. There is not much information about their intestinal microbiome.
Ahmad Amin, Chahrazed Mekadim, Nikol Modrackova, Petra Bolechova, Jakub Mrazek, Vera Neuzil-Bunesova   +5 more
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Erratum: A Phylogenomic and Molecular Signature Based Approach for Characterization of the Phylum Spirochaetes and its Major Clades: Proposal for a Taxonomic Revision of the Phylum

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013
Radhey S. Gupta, Sharmeen eMahmood, Mobolaji eAdeolu   +2 more
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Elucidating the structure, and composition of bacterial symbionts in the gut regions of wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus and their functional profile towards lignocellulolytic systems

Frontiers in Microbiology
The wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus, presents an efficient lignocellulolytic system, offering a distinctive model for the exploration of host-microbial symbiosis towards lignocellulose degradation.
Mudasir A. Dar, Mudasir A. Dar, Rongrong Xie, Luohui Jing, Xu Qing, Shehbaz Ali, Radhakrishna S. Pandit, Chaitali M. Shaha, Jianzhong Sun   +8 more
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Continuous production of biohythane from hydrothermal liquefied cornstalk biomass via two-stage high-rate anaerobic reactors [PDF]

, 2016
Bu-Chun Si, Chong Zhang, Jia-Ming Li, Jian-Wen Lu, Rui-Xia Shen, Xin-Hui Xing, Yuan-Hui Zhang, Zhang-Bing Zhu, Zhidan Liu   +8 more
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