Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Kanya C. Long
Abstract
Mosquitoes serve as the primary mode of transmission for many tropical infections such as Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, dengue virus, and malaria. Therefore, mosquitoes are an important area of study for disease control. This study is part of a larger goal to examine the differences in gut microbiota of Culex melanoconion species across two different habitats: periuban and rural. Mosquitoes were collected from locations around Iquitos, Peru and their gut bacterial DNA was extracted and analyzed. Based on previous studies, it is believed that the bacterial flora will differ among mosquitoes reared in different locations.
Recommended Citation
Starkey, M. Nelson, "Variations in Microbiota of Culex (melanoconion) Ocossa and Culex (culex) Declarator Across Peri-urban and Rural Environments" (2015). Honors Theses. 119.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/119/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/119
Subject Area
Mosquitoes--Peru--Iquitos., Mosquitoes as carriers of disease., Culex--Peru--Iquitos.
Presentation Record URL
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/119/
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