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Title: | Comparative assessment of the bacterial communities associated with Aedes aegypti larvae and water from domestic water storage containers | Authors: | Dada, Nsa Jumas-Bilak, Estelle Manguin, Sylvie Seidu, Razak Stenström, Thor-Axel Overgaard, Hans J. |
Keywords: | Aedes aegypti;Bacterial diversity;Enteric bacteria;E. coli;Domestic water storage containers;16S rRNA-TTGE;Thailand | Issue Date: | 2014 | Publisher: | Parasites and Vectors | Source: | Dada, N.; Jumas-Bilak, E.; Manguin, S.; Seidu, R.; Stenstrom, T. and Overgaard, H.J. 2014. Comparative assessment of the bacterial communities associated with Aedes aegypti larvae and water from domestic water storage containers. Parasites and Vectors. 7 : 391 | Journal: | Parasites & vectors | Abstract: | Background: Domestic water storage containers constitute major Aedes aegypti breeding sites. We present for the first time a comparative analysis of the bacterial communities associated with Ae. aegypti larvae and water from domestic water containers. Methods: The 16S rRNA-temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) was used to identify and compare bacterial communities in fourth-instar Ae. aegypti larvae and water from larvae positive and negative domestic containers in a rural village in northeastern Thailand. Water samples were cultured for enteric bacteria in addition to TTGE. Sequences obtained from TTGE and bacterial cultures were clustered into operational taxonomic units (OTUs) for analyses. Results: Significantly lower OTU abundance was found in fourth-instar Ae. aegypti larvae compared to mosquito positive water samples. There was no significant difference in OTU abundance between larvae and mosquito negative water samples or between mosquito positive and negative water samples. Larval samples had significantly different OTU diversity compared to mosquito positive and negative water samples, with no significant difference between mosquito positive and negative water samples. The TTGE identified 24 bacterial taxa, belonging to the phyla Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and TM7 (candidate phylum). Seven of these taxa were identified in larval samples, 16 in mosquito positive and 13 in mosquito negative water samples. Only two taxa, belonging to the phyla Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, were common to both larvae and water samples. Bacilli was the most abundant bacterial class identified from Ae. aegypti larvae, Gammaproteobacteria from mosquito positive water samples, and Flavobacteria from mosquito negative water samples. Enteric bacteria belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria were sparsely represented in TTGE, but were isolated from both mosquito positive and negative water samples by selective culture. Conclusions: Few bacteria from water samples were identified in fourth-instar Ae. aegypti larvae, suggesting that established larval bacteria, most likely acquired at earlier stages of development, control the larval microbiota. Further studies at all larval stages are needed to fully understand the dynamics involved. Isolation of enteric bacteria from water samples supports earlier outcomes of E. coli contamination in Ae. aegypti infested domestic containers, suggesting the need to further explore the role of enteric bacteria in Ae. aegypti infestation. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1230 | ISSN: | 1756-3305 | DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-391 |
Appears in Collections: | Research Publications (Water and Wastewater Technology) |
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