Table 3.
Bacterial composition of ticks parasitising bare-nosed wombat (V. ursinus) hosts between January 2019 and January 2020
| Tick species | Locality | Closest match in GenBank (% similarity) | No. positive | Length (bp) | Bit-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. auruginans (wombat tick) | NSW | Coxiella burnetii (99.07%) | 56/78 | 429 | 771 |
| Staphylococcus sciuri (100%) | 16/78 | 429 | 793 | ||
| Corynebacterium amycolatum (100%) | 9/78 | 410 | 758 | ||
| Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (97.80%) | 12/78 | 409 | 706 | ||
| Macrococcus brunensis (100%) | 20/78 | 429 | 793 | ||
| Planomicrobium glaciei (100%) | 4/78 | 428 | 791 | ||
| Lysinibacillus sp. (100%) | 8/78 | 426 | 787 | ||
| Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum (100%) | 13/78 | 409 | 756 | ||
| Escherichia coli (100%) | 16/78 | 429 | 793 | ||
| Acinetobacter sp. (100%) | 19/78 | 430 | 795 | ||
| Pseudomonas sp. (100%) | 7/78 | 429 | 793 | ||
| Candidatus Borrelia ivorensis (99.53) | 1/78 | 424 | 784 | ||
| Uncultured Anaplasma sp. (98.51%) | 4/78 | 404 | 713 | ||
| I. tasmani (common marsupial tick) | NSW | Rickettsiella endosymbiont (100%) | 1/1 | 429 | 793 |
Only taxa of interest are shown, and numbers of positive samples are based on samples with > 100 assigned operational taxonomic units (OTUs)
bp Base pair