Mosquitoes host communities of bacteria that are essential for development but vary greatly between local habitats.

ABSTRACT: Mosquitoes are insects of interest because several species vector disease-causing pathogens to humans and other vertebrates. We previously reported that mosquitoes from long-term laboratory cultures require living bacteria in their gut to develop, but development does not depend on particular species of bacteria. Here, we focused on three distinct but interrelated areas of study to better understand the role of bacteria in mosquito development by studying field and laboratory populations of Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus from the southeastern United States. Sequence analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA gene amplicons showed that bacterial community composition differed substantially in larvae from different collection sites, whereas larvae from the same site shared si

SUBMITTER: Coon KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5118126 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature