Amblyomma maculatum male tick whole body for genomic assembly
The Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, is a vector of Rickettsia parkeri which causes a febrile infection in humans, and also of Hepatozoon americanum, a pathogen of dogs. The distribution of A. maculatum extends from the southeastern states of the USA bordering the Gulf of Mexico, into Mexico and several other Central and South American countries. In the past decades it has extended Northwards and to the West in the United States, including the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and southwestern Tennessee. Current work with this tick aims at understanding its relationship with their symbionts and pathogens in general, and in particular to understand the tick s immunity pathways. The availability of the genome sequence of A. maculatum would foster the pace of these research goals.
isolate
SK-2019
dev_stage
Adult
sex
male
tissue
whole body
biomaterial_provider
Dr. Shahid Karim - University of Southern Mississippi
collection_date
2017-07-01
isolation_source
laboratory reared
sample_type
whole organism
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal