TY - RPRT TI - Full-length 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing reveals dynamics of tick-adapted and environmentally derived bacteria in the microbiome of the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis in Nova Scotia, Canada AU - Sangster, S. AU - Dunn, K. A. AU - Phelan, E. AU - Latimer, J. AU - Kho, J. AU - Rossolimo, T. AU - Nabbout, A. E. AU - Adamo, S. A. AU - Archibald, J. M. PY - 2026 DO - 10.64898/2026.06.11.731624 UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.11.731624v1 ID - 10.64898/2026.06.11.731624 ER -