Influence of midgut microbiota in Anopheles stephensi on Plasmodium berghei infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The native gut microbiota of Anopheles mosquitoes is known to play a key role in the physiological function of its host. Interestingly, this microbiota can also influence the development of Plasmodium in its host mosquitoes. In recent years, much interest has been shown in the employment of gut symbionts derived from vectors in the control of vector-borne disease transmission. In this study, the midgut microbial diversity has been characterized among laboratory-reared adult Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, from the colony created by rearing progeny of wild-caught mosquitoes (obtained from three different locations in southern India) for multiple generations, using 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing approach. Further, the influence of native midgut microbiota of mosq

SUBMITTER: Kalappa DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203276 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature