Culture-dependent and culture-independent characterization of microorganisms associated with Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) (L.) and dynamics of bacterial colonization in the midgut

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-281

  Gusmão, Desiely S ^a   Santos, Adão V ^b   Marini, Danyelle C ^c   Bacci, Mauricio ^d   Berbert Molina, Marília A ^b   Lemos, Francisco José A ^b  

^a Campus Itaperuna   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Faculdades Integradas Maria Imaculada   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bacterial colonization; Midgut; Serratia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 28S;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; EGG; MICROORGANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GENBANK; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA; KLUYVERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PANTOEA; PICHIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERRATIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AEDES; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA GENE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASAIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; KLEBSIELLA; KLUYVERA; PANTOEA; PICHIA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.;

EID: 77953538686     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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