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SUBMITTER: Andrews ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3784633 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Andrews E S ES Xu G G Rich S M SM
Medical and veterinary entomology 20130619 2
Although mosquitoes are well-known vectors of human and animal diseases, pathogens are only minor components of their total endogenous microbial communities. The midguts of many insects, including mosquitoes, contain diverse microbial communities. In this study, we used denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to identify the diversity of bacteria in field-collected adult female Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) (Coquillett) and Coquillettidia perturbans (Diptera: Culicidae) (Walker). Few si ...[more]