English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Aedes aegypti  and  Aedes albopictus  develop in the same aquatic sites where they encounter microorganisms that influence their life history and capacity to transmit human arboviruses. Some bacteria such as  Wolbachia  are currently being considered for the control of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika. Yet little is known about the dynamics and diversity of  Aedes -associated bacteria, including larval habitat features that shape their tempo-spatial distribution. We applied large-scale 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to 960 adults and larvae of both  Ae .  aegypti  and  Ae .  albopictus  mosquitoes from 59 sampling sites widely distributed across nine provinces of Panama. We find both species share a limited, yet highly variable core microbiota, reflecting high stochasticity within their oviposition habitats. Despite sharing a large proportion of microbiota,  Ae .  aegypti  harbours higher bacterial diversity than  Ae .  albopictus , primarily due to rarer bacterial groups at the larval stage. We find significant differences between the bacterial communities of larvae and adult mosquitoes, and among samples from metal and ceramic containers. However, we find little support for geography, water temperature and pH as predictors of bacterial associates. We report a low incidence of natural  Wolbachia  infection for both  Aedes  and its geographical distribution. This baseline information provides a foundation for studies on the functions and interactions of  Aedes -associated bacteria with consequences for bio-control within Panama.

Dynamics and diversity of bacteria associated with the disease vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus