Variation in the Microbiota of Ixodes Ticks with Regard to Geography, Species, and Sex

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

• Publication date

  2015-07-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1128/AEM.01562-15PMID 26150449PMCID PMC4542252
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