Mosquito microbiota Targeted Locus (Loci). insect metagenome

Mosquitoes vector some of the most significant pathogens of humans, including the causitive agents of malaria and dengue fever. Larval mosquitoes develop in aquatic environments and feed on detritus, including a community of microbes. These microbes play an important role in mosquito development. 16S sequence tags from laboratory-reared Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae, and Georgecraigius atropalpus larvae and rearing water, Ae. aegypti non-bloodfed adults, 24h post bloodmeal adults, and eggs.