Historical mosquito colonization dynamics are associated with patterns of microbial community assembly in aboveground aquatic habitats.

ABSTRACT: Mosquito larvae develop in aquatic habitats that harbor highly variable communities of bacteria and other microorganisms, which have been well demonstrated to shape individual fitness outcomes in laboratory settings. However, relatively little is known about how this microbial variation contributes to or is influenced by mosquito population dynamics in the field. To investigate potential associations between mosquito population dynamics and microbial community assembly, we characterized bacterial communities in naturally occurring larval habitats with variable historical mosquito productivity using amplicon sequencing. We then applied a null model approach to quantify the relative importance of selection, dispersal, and drift processes in bacterial community assembly. Habitat microbiota cl

SUBMITTER: Zhao SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12801936 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature