Developmental succession of the microbiome of Culex mosquitoes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The native microflora associated with mosquitoes have important roles in mosquito development and vector competence. Sequencing of bacterial V3 region from 16S rRNA genes across the developmental stages of Culex mosquitoes (early and late larval instars, pupae and adults) was used to test the hypothesis that bacteria found in the larval stage of Culex are transstadially transmitted to the adult stage, and to compare the microbiomes of field-collected versus laboratory-reared mosquitoes.

Results

Beta diversity analysis revealed that bacterial community structure differed among three life stages (larvae, pupae and adults) of Culex tarsalis. Although only ~2% of the total number of bacterial OTUs were found in all stages, sequences from these OTUs accounted for nearl

SUBMITTER: Duguma D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4513620 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature