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Wolbachia , an endosymbiotic alpha-proteobacterium commonly found in insects, can inhibit the transmission of human pathogens by mosquitoes. Biocontrol programs are underway using  Aedes aegypti  mosquitoes trans-infected with a non-natural  Wolbachia  strain to reduce dengue virus transmission. Less is known about the impact of  Wolbachia  on the biology and vectorial capacity of  Anopheles  mosquitoes, the vectors of malaria parasites. A naturally occurring strain of  Wolbachia ,  w Anga, infects populations of the major malaria vectors  Anopheles gambiae  and  Anopheles coluzzii  in Burkina Faso. Previous studies found  w Anga infection was negatively correlated with  Plasmodium  infection in the mosquito and  w Anga influenced mosquito egg-laying behavior. Here, we investigate  w Anga in natural populations of  An. coluzzii  and its interactions with other resident microbiota using targeted 16S sequencing. Though we find no major differences in microbiota composition associated with  w Anga infection, we do find several taxa that correlate with the presence or absence of  w Anga in female mosquitoes following oviposition, with the caveat that we could not rule out batch effects due to the unanticipated impact of  w Anga on oviposition timing. These data suggest  w Anga may influence or interact with the  Anopheles  microbiota, which may contribute to the impact of  w Anga on  Anopheles  biology and vectorial capacity.

The Anopheles coluzzii microbiome and its interaction with the intracellular parasite Wolbachia