Bacterial communities of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes differ between crop and midgut tissues.

Microbiota studies of Aedes aegypti and other mosquitoes generally focus on the bacterial communities found in adult female midguts. However, other compartments of the digestive tract maintain communities of bacteria which remain almost entirely unstudied. For example, the Dipteran crop is a food st...

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Main Authors: Luis E Martinez Villegas, James Radl, George Dimopoulos, Sarah M Short
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011218