and Distribution among Different Mosquito Vectors Is Affected by Tissue Localization and Host Species.

Microbial communities play an important role in the fitness of mosquito hosts. However, the factors shaping microbial communities in wild populations, with regard to interactions among microbial species, are still largely unknown. Previous research has demonstrated that two of the most studied mosquito symbionts, the bacteria and , seem to compete or not compete, depending on the genetic background of the reference mosquito host.

Insights Into an Unexplored Component of the Mosquito Repeatome: Distribution and Variability of Viral Sequences Integrated Into the Genome of the Arboviral Vector .

The Asian tiger mosquito is an invasive mosquito and a competent vector for public-health relevant arboviruses such as Chikungunya (), Dengue and Zika () viruses. Unexpectedly, the sequencing of the genome of this mosquito revealed an unusually high number of integrated sequences with similarities to non-retroviral RNA viruses of the and genera. These Non-retroviral Integrated RNA Virus Sequences (NIRVS) are enriched in piRNA clusters and coding sequences and have been proposed to constitute novel mosquito immune factors.