Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont
Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) have been shown to host diverse bacterial communities that vary depending on the sex of the mosquito, the developmental stage, and ecological factors. Some studies have suggested a potential role of microbiota in the nutritional, developmental and reproductive biology...
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pubmed-36671452013-05-30 Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont Minard, Guillaume Mavingui, Patrick Moro, Claire Valiente Review Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) have been shown to host diverse bacterial communities that vary depending on the sex of the mosquito, the developmental stage, and ecological factors. Some studies have suggested a potential role of microbiota in the nutritional, developmental and reproductive biology of mosquitoes. Here, we present a review of the diversity and functions of mosquito-associated bacteria across multiple variation factors, emphasizing recent findings. Mosquito microbiota is considered in the context of possible extended phenotypes conferred on the insect hosts that allow niche diversification and rapid adaptive evolution in other insects. These kinds of observations have prompted the recent development of new mosquito control methods based on the use of symbiotically-modified mosquitoes to interfere with pathogen transmission or reduce the host life span and reproduction. New opportunities for exploiting bacterial function for vector control are highlighted. BioMed Central 2013-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3667145/ /pubmed/23688194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-146 Text en Copyright © 2013 Minard et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Minard, Guillaume Mavingui, Patrick Moro, Claire Valiente |
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Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont |
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Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont |
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Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont |
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Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont |
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Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont |
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diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont |
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Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) have been shown to host diverse bacterial communities that vary depending on the sex of the mosquito, the developmental stage, and ecological factors. Some studies have suggested a potential role of microbiota in the nutritional, developmental and reproductive biology of mosquitoes. Here, we present a review of the diversity and functions of mosquito-associated bacteria across multiple variation factors, emphasizing recent findings. Mosquito microbiota is considered in the context of possible extended phenotypes conferred on the insect hosts that allow niche diversification and rapid adaptive evolution in other insects. These kinds of observations have prompted the recent development of new mosquito control methods based on the use of symbiotically-modified mosquitoes to interfere with pathogen transmission or reduce the host life span and reproduction. New opportunities for exploiting bacterial function for vector control are highlighted. |
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