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Evolutionary Insights into the Tick Hologenome. 2019

Sandra Díaz-Sánchez, and Agustín Estrada-Peña, and Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, and José de la Fuente
SaBio, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain. Electronic address: sandra.dsan@gmail.com.

Recently, our knowledge of the composition and complexity of tick microbial communities has increased and supports microbial impact on tick biology. Results support a phylogenetic association between ticks and their microbiota across evolution; this is known as phylosymbiosis. Herein, using published datasets, we confirm the existence of phylosymbiosis between Ixodes ticks and their microbial communities. The strong phylosymbiotic signal and the phylogenetic structure of microbial communities associated with Ixodid ticks revealed that phylosymbiosis may be a widespread phenomenon in tick-microbiota evolution. This finding supports the existence of a species-specific tick hologenome with a largely unexplored influence on tick biology and pathogen transmission. These results may provide potential targets for the construction of paratransgenic ticks to control tick infestations and tick-borne diseases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005075 Biological Evolution The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics. Evolution, Biological
D000076662 Host Microbial Interactions Interactions between a host and microbe or microbiota. Host-Bacteria Interactions,Host-Microbe Interactions,Host-Microbial Interactions,Host-Virus Interactions,Microbe-Host Interactions,Microbial-Host Interactions,Microbiota-Host Interactions,Virus-Host Interactions,Bacteria Host Interactions,Bacterial-Host Interactions,Bacterium-Host Interactions,Host Bacteria Interactions,Host Microbe Interactions,Host Microbiota Interactions,Host Virus Interactions,Host-Fungal Interactions,Host-Microbial Interface,Microbe Host Interactions,Microbial Host Interactions,Microbiota Host Interactions,Viral-Host Interactions,Virus Host Interactions,Bacteria Host Interaction,Bacterial Host Interactions,Bacterial-Host Interaction,Bacterium Host Interactions,Bacterium-Host Interaction,Host Bacteria Interaction,Host Fungal Interactions,Host Microbe Interaction,Host Microbial Interaction,Host Microbial Interface,Host Microbiota Interaction,Host Virus Interaction,Host-Bacteria Interaction,Host-Fungal Interaction,Host-Microbe Interaction,Host-Microbial Interaction,Host-Microbial Interfaces,Host-Virus Interaction,Interaction, Host-Bacteria,Interaction, Host-Microbe,Interaction, Host-Microbial,Interaction, Host-Virus,Interaction, Microbe-Host,Interaction, Microbial-Host,Interaction, Microbiota-Host,Interaction, Virus-Host,Interactions, Host-Bacteria,Interactions, Host-Microbe,Interactions, Host-Microbial,Interactions, Host-Virus,Interactions, Microbe-Host,Interactions, Microbial-Host,Interactions, Microbiota-Host,Interactions, Virus-Host,Microbe Host Interaction,Microbe-Host Interaction,Microbial Host Interaction,Microbial-Host Interaction,Microbiota Host Interaction,Microbiota-Host Interaction,Viral Host Interactions,Viral-Host Interaction,Virus Host Interaction,Virus-Host Interaction
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013559 Symbiosis The relationship between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other or a relationship between different species where both of the organisms in question benefit from the presence of the other. Endosymbiosis,Commensalism,Mutualism
D013987 Ticks Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44) Ixodida,Ixodidas,Tick
D016678 Genome The genetic complement of an organism, including all of its GENES, as represented in its DNA, or in some cases, its RNA. Genomes
D064307 Microbiota The full collection of microbes (bacteria, fungi, virus, etc.) that naturally exist within a particular biological niche such as an organism, soil, a body of water, etc. Human Microbiome,Microbiome,Microbiome, Human,Microbial Community,Microbial Community Composition,Microbial Community Structure,Community Composition, Microbial,Community Structure, Microbial,Community, Microbial,Composition, Microbial Community,Human Microbiomes,Microbial Communities,Microbial Community Compositions,Microbial Community Structures,Microbiomes,Microbiotas

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