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The Endosymbiotic Gut Fungus Zancudomyces Culisetae Influences Transstadial Transmission Of Host-Associated Microbiota In The Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes Aegypti), Jonas Frankel-Bricker

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Mosquitoes are vectors for a variety of human pathogens and have a significant impact on human health worldwide. There is growing evidence that host-associated microbiota influence mosquito vector competence for certain viruses. Transstadial transmission of bacteria from larvae through pupae to adults could affect these interactions, though further studies are needed to fully unravel the mechanisms involved. Current microbiome research primarily focuses on bacterial communities, whereas the potential role endosymbiotic gut fungi have in transstadial transmission dynamics remains largely unknown. Trichomycetes is an ecological group of endosymbiotic microfungi that colonize the digestive tracts of arthropod hosts, including the Yellow Fever …