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. 2021 Oct 27;7(10):e08259. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08259

Table 3.

The midgut bacterial infection rates in female field-collected Aedes albopictus from Sing Buri Province.

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%.