title: Mosquito/microbiota interactions: from complex relationships to biotechnological perspectives.
abstract: To date around 3500 different species of mosquito have been described, several tens of which are vectors of pathogens of remarkable interest in public health. Mosquitoes are present all around the world showing a great ability to adapt to very different types of habitats where they play relevant ecological roles. It is very likely that components of the mosquito microbiota have given the mosquito a great capacity to adapt to different environments. Current advances in understanding the mosquito-microbiota relationships may have a great impact in a better understanding of some traits of mosquito biology and in the development of innovative mosquito-borne disease-control strategies aimed to reduce mosquito vectorial capacity and/or inhibiting pathogen transmission.
authors.affiliation: Scuola di Bioscienze e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Damiani
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: Chenoa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DeFreece
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Favia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D054892:Metagenome / Q000502:physiology; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000502:physiology; D015003:Yeasts / Q000502:physiology