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August 8, 2026Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Microbial mediation of invasion: Effects of environmental microbiota on the development and physiology of Aedes albopictus

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CGChasen D. GriffinUniversity of Hawaiʻi at MānoaJSJ. L. SchreiberUniversity of Hawaiʻi at MānoaABAbigail BierwertUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Implication

Randomized trial reveals that environmental microbiomes affect development and survival in Aedes albopictus, suggesting implications for invasiveness.

Key Points

  • The study aims to investigate how different environmental microbiomes affect the development and physiology of Aedes albopictus.
  • Larvae reared in mesocosms with water from three different sources: laboratory, plastic buckets, and bromeliad tanks.
  • Microbial diversity manipulated by filtering water at three levels: 30-50 μm, 10 μm, and 0.1 μm.
  • Assessment of larval development time, pupation success, lipid concentrations, and adult survival under starvation conditions.
  • Larvae in low-diversity habitats developed faster and had a higher pupation success than those in complex communities.
  • Adult survival under starvation varied, with females from low-diversity habitats exhibiting the highest survival rates.
  • No significant effect on lipid concentrations and time to adult eclosion across habitat types.

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Griffin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a76daaaf12abadc798151achttps://doi.org/10.1111/mve.70106
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