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Microorganisms Associated With Mosquito Oviposition Sites: Implications for Habitat Selection and Insect Life Histories

Maxime Girard
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Edwige Martin
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Laurent Vallon
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Vincent Raquin
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Christophe Bellet
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Yves Rozier
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Emmanuel Desouhant
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Anne-Emmanuelle Hay
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Patricia Luis
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Claire Valiente Moro
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Guillaume Minard
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Version 1 : Received: 17 June 2021 / Approved: 21 June 2021 / Online: 21 June 2021 (11:22:15 CEST)

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Girard, M.; Martin, E.; Vallon, L.; Raquin, V.; Bellet, C.; Rozier, Y.; Desouhant, E.; Hay, A.-E.; Luis, P.; Valiente Moro, C.; Minard, G. Microorganisms Associated with Mosquito Oviposition Sites: Implications for Habitat Selection and Insect Life Histories. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1589. Girard, M.; Martin, E.; Vallon, L.; Raquin, V.; Bellet, C.; Rozier, Y.; Desouhant, E.; Hay, A.-E.; Luis, P.; Valiente Moro, C.; Minard, G. Microorganisms Associated with Mosquito Oviposition Sites: Implications for Habitat Selection and Insect Life Histories. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1589.

Abstract

Mosquitoes are considered one of the most important threats worldwide due to their ability to vector pathogens. They are responsible for the transmission of major pathogens such as Malaria, dengue, Zika or Chikungunya. Due to the lack of treatments or prophylaxis against many of the transmitted pathogens and an increasing prevalence of mosquito resistance to insecticides and drugs available, alternative strategies are now being explored. Some of these involve the use of microorganisms as promising agent to limit the fitness of mosquitoes, attract or repel them and decrease the replication and transmission of pathogenic agents. In recent years, the importance of microorganisms colonizing the habitat of mosquitoes has particularly been investigated since they appeared to play major roles in their development and diseases transmission. In this issue we will synthesize researches investigating how microorganisms present within water habitats may influence breeding site selection and oviposition strategy of gravid mosquito females. We will also highlight the impact, effect of such microbes on the fate of females’ progeny during their immature stages with a specific focus on egg hatching, development rate and larvae of pupae survival.

Keywords

Microbiota; Microbiome; Mosquitoes; Behavior; Oviposition; Larval habitat; Life History Traits; Nutrition; Development; Survival

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Anatomy and Physiology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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