Estimating bacteria diversity in different organs of nine species of mosquito by next generation sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Symbiosis in insects is accumulating significant amount of studies: the description of a wide array of mutualistic associations across the evolutionary history of insects suggests that resident microbiota acts as a driving force by affecting several aspects of hosts biology. Among arthropods, mosquito midgut microbiota has been largely investigated, providing crucial insights on the role and implications of host-symbiont relationships. However, limited amount of studies addressed their efforts on the investigation of microbiota colonizing salivary glands and reproductive tracts, crucial organs for pathogen invasion and vertical transmission of symbiotic microorganisms. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing-based approach, we analysed the microbiota of gut, salivary glands and r

SUBMITTER: Mancini MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172810 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature