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Diversity of bacterial communities in container habitats of mosquitoes.
Microbial ecology - 1 Nov 2008
Ponnusamy Loganathan, Xu Ning, Stav Gil, Wesson Dawn M, Schal Coby, Apperson Charles S
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the bacterial diversity of microbial communities in water-filled, human-made and natural container habitats of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in suburban landscapes of New Orleans, Louisiana in 2003. We collected water samples from three classes of containers, including tires (n = 12), cemetery urns (n = 23), and miscellaneous containers that included two tree holes (n = 19)....
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