Factors affecting the microbiome of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum

• R. Jory Brinkerhoff ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jbrinker@richmond.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6259-6175

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• Chris Clark,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Kelly Ocasio,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• David T. Gauthier,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

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• Wayne L. Hynes

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

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