Culex quinquefasciatus Holobiont: A Fungal Metagenomic Approach.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms associated with mosquitoes have fundamental roles, not only in their nutrition, but also in physiological and immunological processes, and in their adaptation to the environment as well. Studies on mosquito hologenomes have increased significantly during the last years, achieving important advances in the characterization of the "core bacteriome" of some species of health importance. However, the fungal mycobiome has not been exhaustively researched, especially throughout the life cycle of some hematophagous mosquito species. In this work, the diversity and composition of fungal communities in different developmental stages, sexes, and adult nutrition of Culex quinquefasciatus reared on laboratory conditions were characterized, using internal transcribed spacer high t

SUBMITTER: Flores GAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512223 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature