Circumpolar diversification of the Ixodes uriae tick virome

• Published in: PLOS Pathogens
• Main Authors: Pettersson, John H.-O., Ellström, Patrik, Ling, Jiaxin, Nilsson, Ingela, Bergström, Sven, Gonzalez-Acuna, Daniel, Olsen, Björn, Holmes, Edward C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten) 2020
• Subjects: Microbiology; Mikrobiologi; Bonden; Neko; Neko Harbour; Okhotskiy; Alca torda; Antarc*; Antarctica; Common Murre; Gentoo penguin; Northern Sweden; Pygoscelis papua; Razorbill; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-174946; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008759

Ticks (order: Ixodida) are a highly diverse and ecologically important group of ectoparasitic blood-feeding organisms. One such species, the seabird tick (Ixodes uriae), is widely distributed around the circumpolar regions of the northern and southern hemispheres. It has been suggested thatIx.uriaes...