Active Predation as a Design Principle for Aquatic Mosquito-Larval Biocontrol: A Conceptual Framework for Autonomous, Chemotaxis-Guided Predatory Microorganisms

Working designation: LX-APM (Active Predatory Microorganism). Version 0.2 (September 2026). This is a non-peer-reviewed, literature-grounded conceptual paper. It reports no experimental data, no organism described here has been built, and it does not propose any environmental release. AI-use disclosure: The literature search, technical synthesis, and drafting of this manuscript were assisted by a large language model (Claude, Anthropic). All framing choices, argumentation, and conclusions were reviewed by, and are the sole responsibility of, the author. No AI system is listed as an author.