Effects of Wolbachia removal on microbial composition and diversity in Aedes albopictus: implication of using wAlbB for discriminating irradiation-based sterile and wild males
Without obvious fitness costs observed previously in the Ae. albopictus GT strain compared to GUA strain, the removal of Wolbachia significantly changes the microbial composition in male mosquitoes in this study. Wolbachia wAlbB is recommended as a reliable biomarker for distinguishing sterile males from wild males when using GT strain in SIT programs targeting Ae. albopictus.
Authors
- Xiaoying Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6264-8433)
- Dongjing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-1036)
- Zhongdao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-9757)
- Ming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-5093)
- Datao Lin
- Yu Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-5829)
- Paerhande Dilinuer
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IT)
- Ministry of Education (BN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01343-3
- Primary Topic
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province