The dynamics of the midgut microbiome in Aedes aegypti during digestion reveal putative symbionts

• Main Authors: Salgado, João Felipe M., Premkrishnan, Balakrishnan N. V., Oliveira, Elaine Lopes, Vettath, Vineeth Kodengil, Goh, Feng Guang, Hou, Xinjun, Drautz-Moses, Daniela I., Cai, Yu, Schuster, Stephan Christoph, Junqueira, Ana Carolina M.
• Other Authors: Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Digestion; Elizabethkingia anophelis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Blood-feeding is crucial for the reproductive cycle of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, as well as for the transmission of arboviruses to hosts. It is postulated that blood meals may influence the mosquito microbiome but shifts in microbial diversity and function during digestion remain elusive. We used...