CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 305-312.

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Research advances on diversity and function of mosquito-bacteria symbiosis

Xiao-ming WANG, Kun WU*(), Xiao-guang CHEN, Gui-yun YAN   

  1. Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
  • Received:2017-02-21 Online:2017-06-30 Published:2017-09-07
  • Contact: Kun WU E-mail:wksmu@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Leading Talents of Guangdong Province Program, U.S. National Institutes of Health(NIH)Grants(No. D43 TW009527, R01 AI083202, R01 AI050243), Natural Science Fund of Guangdong Province(Research team program)(No. 2014A030312016), and Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese Scholars and Scholars in Hong Kong and Macao(No. 81528013)

Abstract:

Mosquito-bacteria symbiosis plays an important role in mosquito development, survival, reproduction and vector competence for pathogens. In this review, we summarize the assemblage, diversity, and influencing factors of mosquito-bacteria symbionts, as well as their impacts on the life-history traits of mosquitoes and vector-borne disease transmission.

Key words: Mosquito, Symbiont, Microbiota, Diversity, Function

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