Bacterial Communities Associated with Houseflies (Musca domestica L.) Inhabiting Hospices in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Houseflies are alleged reservoirs as well as vectors of human and animal pathogens, including bacteria, because they frequently have contact with animal excreta and decaying organic substances. The rapid adaptation process of ingested microbes in the insect gut may involve gene transfer, including antibiotic resistance determinants among different bacterial strains. Six hundred and fifty-seven (n = 657) houseflies were collected from hospices and were identified morphologically and genetically using the 16S rRNA, CO1, and ITS2 barcoding genes. This study also characterized the bacterial communities harboured by the captured houseflies using 16S rRNA metabarcoding on the next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform and further sought to detect antibiotic resistance traits

SUBMITTER: Monyama MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304104 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature