Anopheles gambiae

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Anopheles

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Anopheles gambiae is one of the most efficient malaria vectors known. The An. gambiae mosquito additionally transmits Wuchereria bancrofti which causes Lymphatic philariasis, more commonly known as elephantiasis.

Host Genome

Chromosome

Genome ID	Level	BUSCO Assessment
GCF_000005575.2	Chromosome	C:99.1%[S:97.3%,D:1.8%],F:0.3%,M:0.6%,n:1367

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Related Symbionts

13 records

Symbiont records associated with Anopheles gambiae

	Classification	Function	Function Tags
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Bacteria	Spiroplasma may have reproductive interactions with mosquito hosts, either by providing an indirect fitness advantage to females by inducing male kil…	male killing pathogen resistance
Leptosphaerulina persists Ascomycota	Fungi	The fungus Leptosphaerulina persists in Anopheles gambiae and induces a distinctive melanotic phenotype across the mosquito's developmental stages.	pigmentation alteration
Rhodocyclacea Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Rhodocyclacea may be related to mediating adaptation to different ecological niches or in shaping specific adult behaviors, including mating.	fertility
Pseudomonas Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Pseudomonas may be related to mediating adaptation to different ecological niches or in shaping specific adult behaviors, including mating.	fertility
Shewanella Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Shewanella may be related to mediating adaptation to different ecological niches or in shaping specific adult behaviors, including mating.	fertility
Azospira Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Azospira may be related to mediating adaptation to different ecological niches or in shaping specific adult behaviors, including mating.	fertility
Chryseobacterium sp. KCNoneNone3-AaL Bacteroidota	Bacteria	Chryseobacterium sp. KC003-AaL is essential for development, as axenic larvae cannot develop.	developmental modulation
Acinetobacter sp. KCNone61-AaNBF Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Acinetobacter sp. KC061-AaNBF is essential for development, as axenic larvae cannot develop.	developmental modulation
Microbacterium sp. KCNone38-AaL Actinomycetota	Bacteria	Microbacterium sp. KC038-AaL is essential for development, as axenic larvae cannot develop.	developmental modulation
Paenibacillus sp. KCNone16-AaL Bacillota	Bacteria	Paenibacillus sp. KC016-AaL is essential for development, as axenic larvae cannot develop.	developmental modulation
Aeromonas sp. KCNone1None-AaL Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Aeromonas sp. KC010-AaL is essential for development, as axenic larvae cannot develop.	developmental modulation
Aquitalea sp. KCNoneNone2-AaL Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Aquitalea sp. KC002-AaL is essential for development, as axenic larvae cannot develop.	developmental modulation
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Metagenome Information

0 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Anopheles gambiae

Run	Platform	Location	Date	BioProject
No metagenomes found No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

10 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Anopheles gambiae

Run	Classification	Platform	Location	Environment
SRR7890275 AMPLICON	16S	-	Kenya missing	-
SRR7890276 AMPLICON	16S	-	uncalculated missing	-
SRR7890290 AMPLICON	16S	-	uncalculated missing	-
SRR7890302 AMPLICON	16S	-	Kenya missing	-
SRR7890303 AMPLICON	16S	-	Kenya missing	-
SRR7890304 AMPLICON	16S	-	uncalculated missing	-
SRR7890307 AMPLICON	16S	-	uncalculated missing	-
SRR7890308 AMPLICON	16S	-	uncalculated missing	-
SRR7890309 AMPLICON	16S	-	Kenya missing	-
SRR7890310 AMPLICON	16S	-	Kenya missing	-

3 records

Research articles related to Anopheles gambiae

Title	Authors	Journal	Year	DOI
The fungus Leptosphaerulina persists in Anopheles gambiae and induces melanization	Nattoh, G; Bargul, JL; Magoma, G ... Teal, E; Herren, JK	PLOS ONE	2021	10.1371/journal.pone.0246452
The reproductive tracts of two malaria vectors are populated by a core microbiome and by gender-and swarm-enriched microbial biomarkers	Segata, N; Baldini, F; Pompon, J ... Levashina, EA; Catteruccia, F	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS	2016	10.1038/srep24207
Dynamic Gut Microbiome across Life History of the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae in Kenya	Wang, Y; Gilbreath, TM; Kukutla, P; Yan, GY; Xu, JN	PLOS ONE	2011	10.1371/journal.pone.0024767

Core Microbiome Composition

Core microbiome composition is derived from available metagenomic and amplicon sequencing data, calculated based on the relative abundance and coverage of symbionts across different samples. The representativeness of this analysis may vary depending on the number of available samples and should be considered as a reference guide. See calculation details in Help documentation