Relative contributions of various endogenous and exogenous factors to the mosquito microbiota.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The commensal microbiota of mosquitoes impacts their development, immunity, and competency, and could provide a target for alternative entomological control approaches. However, despite the importance of the mosquito/microbiota interactions, little is known about the relative contribution of endogenous and exogenous factors in shaping the bacterial communities of mosquitoes.

Methods

We used a high-throughput sequencing-based assay to characterize the bacterial composition and diversity of 665 individual field-caught mosquitoes, as well as their species, genotype at an insecticide resistance locus, blood-meal composition, and the eukaryotic parasites and viruses they carry. We then used these data to rigorously estimate the individual effect of each parameter on th

SUBMITTER: Bogale HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726613 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature