Microbial composition of enigmatic bird parasites: Wolbachia and Spiroplasma are the most important bacterial associates of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae)
E. Glowska, Z. K. Filutowska, M. Dabert, M. Gerth
The paper uses 16S amplicon sequencing to analyze bacterial communities in quill mites, identifying Wolbachia and Spiroplasma as key symbionts and finding no evidence for previously reported Anaplasma.
bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2018Evolutionary Biology