Journal of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology ›› 2024, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 334-338.doi: 10.20199/j.issn.1672-2302.2024.06.003

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Metagenomic analysis of symbiotic microbiota in Aedes albopictus from Songjiang District, Shanghai Municipality

YE Duqiu1(), ZHANG Chi1, PANG Bowen1, WU Jialing1, JIANG Lufang2, LÜ Xihong1()   

  1. 1 Songjiang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200032, China
    2 School of Public Health, Fudan University
  • Received:2024-09-21 Online:2024-12-20 Published:2025-01-23
  • Contact: Lü Xihong,xihonglv@126.com

Abstract:

ObjectiveTo preliminarily investigate the species diversity and functional variations of the symbiotic microflora in Aedes albopictus within the field environment of Songjiang District, Shanghai Municipality for understanding the changes of disease spectrum transmitted by Ae. albopictus and providing new ideas for biological control of Ae. albopictus. Methods Between July and September 2023, we harvested the Ae. albopictus samples by human trap method from the three field sampling sites in Guangfulin Country Park, Sheshan National Forest Park and Chenshan area, Songjiang District, Shanghai. After morphological identification of the specimens, DNA was extracted, and metagenomic sequencing technology was used to annotate the sample species. Functional annotation was performed through the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD) and Carbohydrate-Active enZymes Database (CAZy). Results In this investigation, we successfully captured 417 heads of Ae. albopictus in total, and annotated 236 bacterial genera and 23 viral genera, of which 52.97% (125/236) of the bacterial genera and 21.73% (5/23) of the viral genera were shared in the Ae. albopictus from 3 sampling sites. The dominant phyla of the symbiotic microbiota were Pseudomonadota and Bacillota, with Wolbachia, Streptococcus and Enterobacter showing the higher abundance. Exclusion of the unclassifiable microbial virus phylum, the prevailing virus phyla in the sampls consisted of Negarnaviricota and Peploviricota. Genera with relatively higher abundance included Alphanudivirus and Orthoflavivirus. Annotating the antibiotic resistance genes via CARD database showed that the abundance of fabG, abcA, rpoB and other pathways were higher. Annotation of the function of carbohydrate active enzymes based on CAZy database revealed higher abundance of glycosyl transferases (GT), glycoside hydrolases (GH) and polysaccharide lyases (PL). Conclusion The composition of symbiotic microbiota in Ae. albopictus in Songjiang District of Shanghai is highly similar and the core symbiotic microbiota remains stable. The symbiotic microbiota of Ae. albopictus is potentially associated with the drug resistance.

Key words: Aedes albopictus, Symbiotic microbiota, Metagenomics, Database, Function annotation

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