Changes in the diversity of the gut microbiota of Aedes aegypti associated with insecticide pressure and laboratory rearing
In this study, we used a 16S rDNA sequencing approach to compare bacterial diversity between Ae. aegypti mosquitoes captured in the field (parental strain) and those reared in the laboratory after several generations. We also evaluated the effect of selective pressure from two widely used public health insecticides, lambda-cyhalothrin and permethrin, to identify changes in microbial diversity. The results showed that the abundance of microbial communities correlates with potential metabolic pathways that may contribute to the resistance phenotype.