Mozambique conservation areas provided 704 Ornithodoros phacochoerus ticks for this study. The dataset contains metabarcoding sequencing results targeting the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene, processed using FROGS to characterize bacterial microbiota. The research was authored by Helene Jourdan of CIRAD and harvested on 2026-05-16.
Use Cases
- Analyze bacterial community composition in soft ticks based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
- Investigate pathogen-induced dysbiosis in tick microbiota based on the described research objective.
- Compare microbial diversity across tick populations from different conservation areas based on the collection sites mentioned.
- Model interactions between the African Swine Fever virus and tick symbionts based on the study's focus.
Strengths
- Dataset is based on sequencing results from 704 individual ticks, providing a substantial sample size.
- Sequencing targeted the specific V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene, a standard for bacterial identification.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- CIRAD Harvested Collection
- Collection Method
- Metabarcoding sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene V3-V4 region, processed with FROGS pipeline.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-16 09:10:10; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Two conservation areas in Mozambique.