Fungi from Anopheles darlingi Root, 1926, larval breeding sites in the Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: The fungi present in the breeding waters of mosquitoes have been scarcely investigated. This work explored the diversity of cultivable fungi present in the breeding sites of the South American malaria vector mosquito Anopheles darlingi. Water samples were collected from four sites located in the municipalities of Coari and São Gabriel da Cachoeira and four different culture media were used for the isolation of fungi. Two-hundred-and-six fungal strains were isolated and morphologically similar fungi were grouped into 30 morphotypes. Their taxonomic identities were assigned by macro and microscopic observations and sequencing of rDNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2). Representatives of 26 morphotypes were identified at the genus level, one only at the family level, and three wer

SUBMITTER: Oliveira MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620424 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature