Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens
Abstract Despite their importance, only few studies focused on the mosquitoes borne microbial diseases, especially bacterial and fungal diseases, their vectorial capacity toward microorganisms, and their important role in raw milk contamination with pathogens in some unsanitary dairy farms. In Egypt...
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| author | Eslam Adly Aml A. Hegazy Mahmoud Kamal Samah H. Abu-Hussien |
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| description | Abstract Despite their importance, only few studies focused on the mosquitoes borne microbial diseases, especially bacterial and fungal diseases, their vectorial capacity toward microorganisms, and their important role in raw milk contamination with pathogens in some unsanitary dairy farms. In Egypt, where Culex pipiens is the historical main vector of lymphatic filariasis, only few studies discussed the isolation of pathogens from the midguts of different stages of C. pipiens. This study aims to isolate and identify the pathogenic symbiotic microorganisms inside the midgut of adult female C. pipiens as well as investigate its ability to transmit their midgut pathogens to raw milk. A total of 750 field strain C. pipiens larvae of the second and third larval instars were collected from ponds water around the livestock farms in Mariotteya, Giza, Egypt, for microbial pathogen isolation and identification. All collected larval instars were transported to the laboratory at the Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases (RTC), Ain Shams University, where they were maintained for further studies. Six groups of C. pipiens were tested for the incidence of various pathogenic microorganisms in their midguts and their possibility to contaminate commercial sterilized milk. Traditional PCR assays and sequencing method detected and identified 16srRNA genes of the predominant hemolytic isolates from milk and midguts of female C. pipiens. The phylogenetic analyses of the obtained isolates were performed based on NCBI data. Three strains of Bacillus anthracis strain CPMESA 2021, Staphylococcus warneri strain CPSAME 2021, and Bacillus cereus strain CPSEMA 2021, which represent most food pathogens, were found in the midguts of C. pipiens and were submitted to the GenBank database with the accession numbers OK585071, OK576651, and OK585052, respectively. The isolation of these strains from mosquitoes raises contemporary issues concerning milk safety, such as bacterial isolates, the degree of the vectorial capacity of mosquitoes, milk production and processing conditions, and human pathogenicity. Such serious issues need further investigation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4443e13cb3754af1a9052944fafb2a6e2022-12-22T04:01:49ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-08-0112111210.1038/s41598-022-16992-9Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogensEslam Adly0Aml A. Hegazy1Mahmoud Kamal2Samah H. Abu-Hussien3Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams UniversityFood Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams UniversityEntomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams UniversityAgricultural Microbiology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams UniversityAbstract Despite their importance, only few studies focused on the mosquitoes borne microbial diseases, especially bacterial and fungal diseases, their vectorial capacity toward microorganisms, and their important role in raw milk contamination with pathogens in some unsanitary dairy farms. In Egypt, where Culex pipiens is the historical main vector of lymphatic filariasis, only few studies discussed the isolation of pathogens from the midguts of different stages of C. pipiens. This study aims to isolate and identify the pathogenic symbiotic microorganisms inside the midgut of adult female C. pipiens as well as investigate its ability to transmit their midgut pathogens to raw milk. A total of 750 field strain C. pipiens larvae of the second and third larval instars were collected from ponds water around the livestock farms in Mariotteya, Giza, Egypt, for microbial pathogen isolation and identification. All collected larval instars were transported to the laboratory at the Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases (RTC), Ain Shams University, where they were maintained for further studies. Six groups of C. pipiens were tested for the incidence of various pathogenic microorganisms in their midguts and their possibility to contaminate commercial sterilized milk. Traditional PCR assays and sequencing method detected and identified 16srRNA genes of the predominant hemolytic isolates from milk and midguts of female C. pipiens. The phylogenetic analyses of the obtained isolates were performed based on NCBI data. Three strains of Bacillus anthracis strain CPMESA 2021, Staphylococcus warneri strain CPSAME 2021, and Bacillus cereus strain CPSEMA 2021, which represent most food pathogens, were found in the midguts of C. pipiens and were submitted to the GenBank database with the accession numbers OK585071, OK576651, and OK585052, respectively. The isolation of these strains from mosquitoes raises contemporary issues concerning milk safety, such as bacterial isolates, the degree of the vectorial capacity of mosquitoes, milk production and processing conditions, and human pathogenicity. Such serious issues need further investigation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16992-9 |
| spellingShingle | Eslam Adly Aml A. Hegazy Mahmoud Kamal Samah H. Abu-Hussien Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens Scientific Reports |
| title | Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens |
| title_full | Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens |
| title_fullStr | Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens |
| title_short | Midguts of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens |
| title_sort | midguts of culex pipiens l diptera culicidae as a potential source of raw milk contamination with pathogens |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16992-9 |
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