Table 3.
Bacterial phylum | Closest related bacterial species∗ | Infection rate (infected/tested mosquitoes) | Average number of total colonies per mosquito (range) |
---|---|---|---|
Firmicutes | Bacillus subtilis | 10.0 (1/10) | 3 |
Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 10.0 (1/10) | 3 | |
Staphylococcus hominis | 10.0 (1/10) | 66 | |
Proteobacteria | Serratia marcescens# | 10.0 (1/10) | 3 |
Represents the bacterial species that were only found in this group.
All bacterial species were identified based on a 16S DNA sequence similarity of greater than 99%.