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Article Dans Une Revue Environmental Microbiology Année : 2019

Identification of human skin bacteria attractive to the Asian Tiger mosquito

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Aedes albopictus is a vector of arboviruses and filarial nematodes. Originating from Asia, this mosquito has rapidly expanded its geographical distribution and colonized areas across both temperate and tropical regions. Due to the increase in insecticide resistance, the use of environmentally friendly vector control methods is encouraged worldwide. Using methods based on semiochemicals in baited traps are promising for management of mosquito populations. Interestingly, human skin microbiota was shown to generate volatile compounds that attract the mosquito species Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti. Here, we investigated the composition of skin bacteria from different volunteers and the attractive potential of individual isolates to nulliparous Ae. albopictus females. We showed that three out of 16 tested isolates were more attractive and two were more repulsive. We identified dodecenol as being preferentially produced by attractive isolates and 2-methyl-1-butanol (and to a lesser extent 3-methyl-1-butanol) as being overproduced by these isolates compared with the other ones. Those bacterial volatile organic compounds represent promising candidates but further studies are needed to evaluate their potential application for baited traps improvement.
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hal-02527242 , version 1 (01-04-2020)

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Serge Michalet, Guillaume Minard, Wilfried Chevalier, Guillaume Meiffren, Yoann Saucereau, et al.. Identification of human skin bacteria attractive to the Asian Tiger mosquito. Environmental Microbiology, 2019, 21 (12), pp.4662-4674. ⟨10.1111/1462-2920.14793⟩. ⟨hal-02527242⟩
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