biostudies-literatureChevalier FDNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Center for Research ResourcesCowles Fellowship : 13-1328.021NCRR NIH HHSTexas Biomedical ForumNIAID NIH HHS5450-5466https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8023393biostudies-literatureUnknown22(12)The microbiome - the microorganism community that is found on or within an organism's body - is increasingly recognized to shape many aspects of its host biology and is a key determinant of health and disease. Microbiomes modulate the capacity of insect disease vectors (mosquitoes, tsetse flies, sandflies) to transmit parasites and disease. We investigate the diversity and abundance of microorganisms within the hemolymph (i.e. blood) of Biomphalaria snails, the intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni, using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the bacterial 16S V4 rDNA. We sampled hemolymph from five snails from six different laboratory populations of B. glabrata and one population of B. alexandrina. We observed 279.84 ± 0.79 amplicon sequence variants per snail. There were significant differencEnvironmental microbiologyThe hemolymph of Biomphalaria snail vectors of schistosomiasis supports a diverse microbiome.PMC802339314‐04491HHSN272201300014IR01AI133749C06 RR013556R01 AI123434HHSN272201700014CR01AI12343414-04491R01 AI133749Anderson TJCMcDew-White MChevalier FDLe Clec'h WDiaz RfalseThe hemolymph of Biomphalaria snail vectors of schistosomiasis supports a diverse microbiome.The microbiome - the microorganism community that is found on or within an organism's body - is increasingly recognized to shape many aspects of its host biology and is a key determinant of health and disease. Microbiomes modulate the capacity of insect disease vectors (mosquitoes, tsetse flies, sandflies) to transmit parasites and disease. We investigate the diversity and abundance of microorganisms within the hemolymph (i.e. blood) of Biomphalaria snails, the intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni, using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the bacterial 16S V4 rDNA. We sampled hemolymph from five snails from six different laboratory populations of B. glabrata and one population of B. alexandrina. We observed 279.84 ± 0.79 amplicon sequence variants per snail. There were significant differenc2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Dec2026-04-29T00:17:26.881Z2022-02-09T13:01:02.285ZS-EPMC80233933316991710.1111/1462-2920.15303