The reproductive tracts of two malaria vectors are populated by a core microbiome and by gender-and swarm-enriched microbial biomarkers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Segata, Nicola ^a   Baldini, Francesco ^b,c,d   Pompon, Julien ^e,f,g   Garrett, Wendy S ^b,h,i   Truong, Duy Tin ^a   Dabiré, Roch K ^j   Diabaté, Abdoulaye ^j   Levashina, Elena A ^e,k   Catteruccia, Flaminia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^h BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIUM; BURKINA FASO; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SPIROPLASMA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PLASMODIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPIROPLASMA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84964252305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24207     Document Type: Article

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