Diverse laboratory colonies of Aedes aegypti harbor the same adult midgut bacterial microbiome
Laura B. Dickson, Amine Ghozlane, Stevenn Volant, Christiane Bouchier, Laurence Ma, Anubis Vega-Rúa, Isabelle Dusfour, Davy Jiolle, Christophe Paupy, Martin N. Mayanja, Alain Kohl, Julius Julian Lutwama, Veasna Duong, Louis Lambrechts
The paper compares the midgut bacterial microbiome of geographically diverse Aedes aegypti colonies reared in the same insectary, finding they are similar, suggesting microbiota is environmentally determined.
Parasites & Vectors · Mar 27, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics