[Prevalence of microbiota in the digestive tract of wild females of Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae)].
We dissected the digestive tract of 245 females in pools of 35 flies forming 7 groups. These flies were Lutzomyia longipalpis originating from Lapinha Cave, Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais. Out of the 8 species of bacteria isolated there was a predominancy of Gram negative bacterias (GNB) in the group of non-fermenters of sugar belonging to the following species: Acinetobacter lwoffii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Pseudomonas putida and Flavimonas orizihabitans. The group of GNB fermenters were: Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella ozaenae. In the Gram positive group we isolated the genera Bacillus thuringiensis and Staphylococcus spp.
Oliveira
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Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Moraes
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BA
Gonçalves
C A
CA
Giordano-Dias
C M
CM
D'Almeida
J M
JM
Asensi
M D
MD
Mello
R P
RP
Brazil
R P
RP
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D015995:Prevalence; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000382:microbiology*