Malpighian tubules are important determinants of Pseudomonas transstadial transmission and longtime persistence in Anopheles stephensi

Abstract Background Pseudomonas is a genus of bacteria commonly found in investigations of gut microbes in malaria mosquitoes. Among those mosquitoes is the dominating malaria vector in Asia, Anopheles stephensi, where Pseudomonas is a prevailing bacterium and natural inhabitant of its breeding plac...

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Main Authors: Ali Reza Chavshin, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Hasan Vatandoost, Bagher Yakhchali, Fahimeh Zarenejad, Olle Terenius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-01-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0635-6