STUDIES ON CULTURED AND UNCULTURED MICROBIOTA OF WILD CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS MOSQUITO MIDGUT BASED ON 16S RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE ANALYSIS

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 70; no. 6; pp. 597 - 603
• Main Authors: PIDIYAR, VYANKATESH J, JANGID, KAMLESH, PATOLE, MILIND S, SHOUCHE, YOGESH S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence, KS ASTMH 01.06.2004; Allen Press
• Subjects: Acinetobacter junii; Aeromonas; Animals; Bacillus thuringiensis; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - growth & development; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Biological and medical sciences; Culex - microbiology; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culicidae; Culture Media; Digestive System - microbiology; DNA, Ribosomal; Genes, rRNA; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Microbacterium; Molecular Sequence Data; Pantoea agglomerans; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Stenotrophomonas; Asia; India; Cell culture; Insecta; Gut; Wuchereria bancrofti; Culex quinquefasciatus; Gene; Ribosomal RNA; Arthropoda; Culicidae; Helmintha; Bacteria; Tropical medicine; Nemathelminthia; Invertebrata; Nematoda; Vector; Diptera

To describe the midgut microbial diversity and the candidate bacteria for the genetic manipulation for the generation of transgenic mosquitoes refractory to transmission of diseases, the microbiota of wild Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito midgut was studied using a conventional culture technique and...