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Moraes, Áurea Maria Lage de; Junqueira, Angela C. V.; Costa, Gisela Lara da; Celano, Valeria; Oliveira, P. C. de; Coura, José Rodrigues

doi:10.1023/a:1010905420001

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“…Termite-fungi relationships have also been observed (14). Other insect-fungi interactions have also been recorded, including lepidopteran-fungi (15), beetle-fungi (5,16), and triatomine-fungi interactions (17)(18)(19)(20).…”

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Culex (Culex) Pipiens Mosquitoes Carry and Harbor Pathogenic Fungi during Their Developmental Stages

Galal¹,

AbuElnasr²,

Abdallah³

et al. 2017

Erciyes Med J

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Objective: Fungi are the main source of aflatoxin contamination in nature. The present study aimed to assess the role of the cosmopolitan mosquito species, Culex pipiens, in the circulation and dissemination of pathogenic fungi in nature, and to evaluate its capability to harbor these fungi. Materials and Methods: Fungi were isolated and identified from both, the external surface and the internal organs of the developmental stages and from the breeding environment of Cx. pipiens. Results: A total of 35 fungal isolates were isolated from both, the internal organs and the external surface of the developmental stages and from the breeding environment of Cx. pipiens. These isolates were identified as eleven Penicillium notatum isolates, eleven Aspergillus flavus isolates, six Rhizopus stolonifer isolates, four Candida albicans isolates, two Fusarium solani isolates, and one Aspergillus niger isolate. Antagonistic activity showed that the P. notatum growth inhibited the growth of the bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus. Conclusions: This study revealed that the different developmental stages of Cx. pipiens mosquito were capable of harboring many fungal species. Subsequently, this mosquito will be incriminated in the mechanical dissemination, circulation, and transmission of these fungi in nature, during its life cycle.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Culex (Culex) Pipiens Mosquitoes Carry and Harbor Pathogenic Fungi during Their Developmental Stages

Galal¹,

AbuElnasr²,

Abdallah³

et al. 2017

Erciyes Med J

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“…Other roles, such as the effect on the host cells physiology and interactions with other microbes can be expected, as is known in mammals (Lai et al, 2018). The core gut mycobiome of wood feeding insects covers a relatively narrow set of ubiquitous yeasts and filamentous fungi such as Candida, Mucor, Aspergillus, Penicilium, Alternaria or Trichoderma (Pérez et al, 2003;Rojas-Jiménez and Hernández 2015;Ziganshina et al 2018) and the same taxon spectrum is reported not only in other insects (Moraes et al, 2001;Fredensborg et al, 2020), but also in mammals (Lai et al, 2018).…”

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Termites host specific fungal communities that differ from those in their ambient environments

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“…In addition to the SM producing bacteria, an earlier study analyzing the mycobiome of five separate Triatoma spp. identified a total of 393 individual fungal strains predominantly from the genera Penicillium, Aspergillus , and Acremonium (Moraes et al, 2001), which are all known to be prolific producers of SM, further supporting the antimicrobial potential of these insect flora.…”

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Insect Vectors of Disease: Untapped Reservoirs for New Antimicrobials?

Tobias

2016

Front. Microbiol.

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With the increase in antibiotic resistance among infectious diseases, the need for new strategies for identifying compounds with inhibitory effects is dire. Traditional methods of genome sequencing and systematic characterization of potential antimicrobial gene clusters, although effective, are unfortunately not yielding results at a speed consistent with the rise in antimicrobial resistance. One approach could be to use a more targeted approach to antimicrobial compound discovery. Insect vectors often mediate the transmissions of parasitic infections for example, leishmaniasis, malaria, and trypanosomiasis. Within the insect, among the pathogens, are commensal and/or obligate symbiotic bacteria, which often undergo a population shift upon colonization of the insect host. The remaining bacteria may be either resistant to the effects of the respective parasites, or possibly essential for a successful colonization and continued spread of the parasite due to an obligate symbiosis between bacteria and insect host. Interestingly, these shifts are often toward groups of bacteria known to harbor many polyketide synthase and non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters involved in bioactive molecule production. This perspective explores the possibility to exploit the natural interactions between parasite, symbiont, and insect host for a more targeted approach toward natural product discovery, in an environment where potential compound producers are naturally interfacing with human pathogens.

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Cited by 17 publications

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Culex (Culex) Pipiens Mosquitoes Carry and Harbor Pathogenic Fungi during Their Developmental Stages

Culex (Culex) Pipiens Mosquitoes Carry and Harbor Pathogenic Fungi during Their Developmental Stages

Termites host specific fungal communities that differ from those in their ambient environments

Insect Vectors of Disease: Untapped Reservoirs for New Antimicrobials?

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