Composition and structure of the culturable gut bacterial communities in Anopheles albimanus from Colombia.

ABSTRACT: The understanding of factors affecting the gut bacterial communities in malaria vectors is essential for the design of vector control interventions, such as those based on a paratransgenic approach. One of the requirements of this method is the availability of bacteria from the mosquito susceptible to culture. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the composition and structure of the culturable gut bacterial communities in field mosquitoes Anopheles albimanus from Colombia, in addition to generate a bacterial collection to further analyze microbial functional activity. Gut bacteria were isolated from An. albimanus larvae and adult mosquitoes collected in localities of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. The bacterial isolates were grouped in 28 morphospecies that corresponded to three p

SUBMITTER: Galeano-Castaneda Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886788 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature