There is a clear trend of decreasing Francisella abundance, and the corresponding increase in Rickettsia and Candidatus _ Midichloria across all R. parkeri -infected stages compared with uninfected samples (Additional File, Figure S3C ).
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Hematophagy and tick-borne Rickettsial pathogen shape the microbial community structure and predicted functions within the tick vector, <i>Amblyomma maculatum</i>.
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