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Sample from Ixodes scapularis

Identifiers
BioSample: SAMN03004382; GenBank: gb|ABJB000000000.1
Organism
Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick)
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida; Acari; Parasitiformes; Ixodida; Ixodoidea; Ixodidae; Ixodinae; Ixodes
Attributes
development stageembryonated eggs
strainWikel colony
Description

This Wikel tick colony was established in 1996 using field collected ticks from New York, Oklahoma and a Lyme Disease endemic area of Connecticut. This colony has been continuously in-bred since establishment and has not been supplemented with field collected material. The colony is known to be a competent vector of various Borrelia and Babesia isolates.

BioProject
PRJNA16232 Ixodes scapularis strain:Wikel colony
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Submission
J. Craig Venter Institute; 2014-08-25
Accession:
SAMN03004382
ID:
3004382

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