Microbiota of Insect Vectors
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1005
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mosquito population genetics; metagenomics; transcriptomics
2. Biotechnology Institute, Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil
Interests: metagenomics; vectors population genetics; molecular epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insects serve as vectors of many pathogens of public health importance, harboring a diversity of microbes from bacteria to fungi that are often found in close proximity to the pathogens that the vectors transmit. The microbiota associated with insects play important roles in vector physiology, such as digestion, nutrition and innate immune modulation. Moreover, the intimate relationship that often exists between some of these microbes and their arthropod hosts supports investigations into their use in vector-borne disease control strategies, especially when a microbial symbiont is identified. The application of microbial symbionts to reduce vector competence is a novel approach to controlling the spread of arthropod-transmitted pathogens, with most of the examples coming from mosquitoes that are refractory to Plasmodium infection depending on the load and composition of bacteria found in their guts. Another approach, paratransgenesis, makes use of this information but goes a step further to effectively target the pathogen. Through the genetic modification of bacterial symbionts to produce anti-pathogen molecules in the proper tissues or compartments of the insect, vector competence for pathogens can be reduced. This Special Issue encourages the submission of any paper dealing with the current advances in the understanding of vector–microbiota–pathogen tripartite interactions and also the future perspectives on the application of microorganisms as novel control strategies.
Prof. Dr. Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla
Dr. Diego Peres Alonso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 16s metagenomics
- novel control strategies
- paratransgenesis
- arthropod-transmitted pathogens
- vector-borne diseases
