Presence of Aedes and Anopheles mosquito larvae is correlated to bacteria found in domestic water-storage containers

Water-storage containers are common in households where access to water is scarce and often act as breeding sites for vector mosquitoes. Bacteria in these containers may be important for attracting or repelling ovipositing mosquitoes. We hypothesized that bacterial community composition in water-sto...

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Published in:FEMS microbiology ecology 2018-06, Vol.94 (6), p.1
Main Authors: Nilsson, Louise K J, Sharma, Anil, Bhatnagar, Raj K, Bertilsson, Stefan, Terenius, Olle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
16S rRNA
Aedes
Aedes albopictus
Anopheles
Bacteria
Contamination
domestic water storage
Environmental aspects
Insects
Larvae
Microbiology
Mikrobiologi
Physiological aspects
vector-borne diseases
Water-storage
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Summary:Water-storage containers are common in households where access to water is scarce and often act as breeding sites for vector mosquitoes. Bacteria in these containers may be important for attracting or repelling ovipositing mosquitoes. We hypothesized that bacterial community composition in water-storage containers would represent either inhibitory or suitable environmental conditions for mosquito larvae. To investigate this, we characterized the bacterial community composition in water-storage containers and correlated these communities to Aedes and Anopheles larval densities. Water samples were collected over two years from 13 containers in an Indian village and analyzed by high throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Comparisons of bacterial community composition between water with and without mosquito larvae showed that Xanthomonadaceae, Comamonadaceae and Burkholderiaceae were more common (P 
ISSN:1574-6941
0168-6496
1574-6941
DOI:10.1093/femsec/fiy058