Inhibition of the endosymbiont ¿Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii¿ during 16S rRNA gene profiling reveals potential pathogens in Ixodes ticks from Australia

¹ Vector and Water-Borne Pathogen Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

² School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

³ Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

⁴ Trace and Environmental DNA Laboratory, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

⁵ School of Molecular Biosciences and Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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