Publications by authors named "Aidan Foo"

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  • * This research created the Mosquito-Associated Isolate Collection (MosAIC) with 392 bacterial isolates and their genomic data to provide more detailed information than previous studies, which mainly relied on basic genetic markers.
  • * The study also analyzed specific bacterial genera and discovered gene clusters linked to mosquito host interactions, paving the way for future research on how these bacteria affect mosquito behavior and disease transmission.
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Ongoing research of the mosquito microbiome aims to uncover novel strategies to reduce pathogen transmission. Sequencing costs, especially for metagenomics, are however still significant. A resource that is increasingly used to gain insights into host-associated microbiomes is the large amount of publicly available genomic data based on whole organisms like mosquitoes, which includes sequencing reads of the host-associated microbes and provides the opportunity to gain additional value from these initially host-focused sequencing projects.

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