PRJNA869028
Study of microbiome of Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Moscow
Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected in August 2020 in Serebryannyi Bor city park in Moscow, Russia. The collected ticks were identified using a taxonomic keys. For shotgun analysis of microbiome a pool of adult female ticks (10 individuals) was used; ticks were dissected to collect guts or salivary glands for subsequent DNA isolation using a QIAamp DNA Microbiome kit.