Antibiotic resistant bacteria and commensal fungi are common and conserved in the mosquito microbiome.

ABSTRACT: The emerging and increasing prevalence of bacterial antibiotic resistance is a significant public health challenge. To begin to tackle this problem, it will be critical to not only understand the origins of this resistance but also document environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistance. In this study we investigated the possibility that both colony and field caught mosquitoes could harbor antibiotic resistant bacteria. Specifically, we characterized the antibiotic resistant bacterial populations from colony-reared Aedes aegypti larvae and adults and two field caught mosquito species Coquillettidia perturbans and Ochlerotatus canadensis. The cultured bacterial populations were dominated by isolates belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria. Among the antibiotic resistant populations, w

SUBMITTER: Hyde J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693846 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature