The axenic and gnotobiotic mosquito: emerging models for microbiome host interactions

B Steven, J Hyde, JC LaReau… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The increasing availability of modern research tools has enabled a revolution in studies of
non-model organisms. Yet, one aspect that remains difficult or impossible to control in many …

Three species of axenic mosquito larvae recruit a shared core of bacteria in a common garden experiment

J Hyde, DE Brackney, B Steven - Applied and Environmental …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Introducing an environmental microbiome to axenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes documents bacterial responses to a blood meal

JC LaReau, J Hyde, DE Brackney… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Axenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were colonized with bacteria from an environmental water
source to compare the midgut microbiota acquired from the wild to the microbiome of …

Rewilding the microbiome of insectary reared mosquitoes: introducing an environmental microbiome to axenic aedes aegypti

B Steven, J LaReau, J Hyde, D Brackney - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Axenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were colonized with bacteria from an environmental water
source to compare the midgut microbiota acquired from the wild to the microbiome of …