Deep sequencing reveals extensive variation in the gut microbiota of wild mosquitoes from Kenya

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5138-5150

  Osei Poku, J ^a   Mbogo, C M ^b   Palmer, W J ^a   Jiggins, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Asaia; gut bacteria; natural populations of mosquitoes; pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; KENYA; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CULICIDAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; KENYA; METAGENOME; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84867488998     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05759.x     Document Type: Article

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