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The waaL gene mutation compromised the inhabitation of Enterobacter sp. Ag1 in the mosquito gut environment.
Parasites & vectors - 27 Aug 2015
Pei Dong, Jiang Jinjin, Yu Wanqin, Kukutla Phanidhar, Uentillie Alejandro, Xu Jiannong
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BACKGROUND: The mosquito gut harbors a variety of bacteria that are dynamically associated with mosquitoes in various contexts. However, little is known about bacterial factors that affect bacterial inhabitation in the gut microbial community. Enterobacter sp. Ag1 is a predominant Gram negative bacterium in the mosquito midgut. METHODS: In a mutant library that was generated using transposon Tn5-mediated...
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