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Table 3 List of bacteria identified in the midguts of laboratory-bred Anopheles gambiae non-engorged or engorged and in breeding water

From: Use of MALDI-TOF MS and culturomics to identify mosquitoes and their midgut microbiota

Bacteria

Female fed on blood

Female sj

Male

Breeding water

Aeromonas hydrophila

   

×

Aeromonas jandaei

   

×

Klebsiella oxytoca

  

×

×

Enterococcus faecium

   

×

Enterobacter asburiae*

 

×

×

×

Enterobacter kobei*

×

×

×

×

Serratia marcescens

×

×

×

×

Serratia fonticola

   

×

Serratia ureilytica*

×

  

×

Serratia plymuthica

   

×

Bacillus cereus

   

×

Sphingobacterium multivorum

   

×

Oceanobacillus massiliensis

   

×

Acinetobacter baylyi*

  

×

 

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

×

×

×

 

Microbacterium maritypicum*

 

×

  

Staphylococcus epidermidis*

 

×

  

Streptococcus sanguinis*

 

×

  

Streptococcus mitis*

×

   

Cedecea lapagei

×

 

×

 

Pseudomonas gessardii*

×

   

Rhodococcus erythropolis*

×

   

Enterobacter cloacae

×

×

×

 
  1. Bacterial species reported for the first time in Anopheles gambiae are indicated by an asterisk. Presence of bacteria is indicated by ×. Bold corresponds to bacterial species common in the midgut and breeding water
  2. Abbreviations: sj, sample from a female fed only on sweet juice, corresponding to the negative control