Human and animal pathogens that are transmitted by arthropods are a global concern,
particularly those vectored by ticks (eg Borrelia burgdorferi and tick-borne encephalitis virus) …

Disease-transmitting vectors are living organisms that pass infectious agents from one
animal/human to another. The epidemiologically important vectors are usually …

Mosquitoes shift from detritus-feeding larvae to blood-feeding adults that can vector
pathogens to humans and other vertebrates. The sugar and blood meals adults consume …

The mosquito microbiome is critical to multiple facets of their biology, including larval
development and disease transmission. For mosquitoes that reside in temperate regions …

Microbiota studies of Aedes aegypti and other mosquitoes generally focus on the bacterial
communities found in adult female midguts. However, other compartments of the digestive …

Highlights•Symbiont-mediated pesticide degradation is widespread across
insects.•Neutralization of pesticides may be direct or indirect with microbes influencing or …

In addition to being vectors of pathogenic bacteria, ticks also harbor intracellular bacteria
that associate with ticks over generations, aka symbionts. The biological significance of such …

Background The neotropical anopheline mosquito Anopheles darlingi is a major malaria
vector in the Americas. Studies on mosquito-associated microbiota have shown that …

Background Aedes aegypti, the main arboviral mosquito vector, is attracted to human
dwellings and makes use of human-generated breeding sites. Past research has shown that …

In this study, we describe the generation of two new species of axenic mosquito, Aedes
albopictus and Aedes triseriatus. Along with Aedes aegypti, axenic larvae of these three …