Isolation and identification of culturable bacteria from wild Anopheles culicifacies, a first step in a paratransgenesis approach

Table 2 The number of purified colonies from midguts of An. culicifacies in relation to the culture media and life stage of mosquitoes

Culture medium	Life stage of dissected *An. culicifacies*	Number of purified colonies
BH agar	Larva	12
	Newly emerged adult^a	6
	Adult	5
Nutrient agar	Larva	12
	Newly emerged adult^a	4
	Adult	4
Blood Agar	Larva	14
Blood Agar	Adult	0

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