BioMed Research International

Research Article

Naturally Occurring Microbiota Associated with Mosquito Breeding Habitats and Potential Parasitic Species against Mosquito Larvae: A Study from Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Table 1

Occurrence frequencies of microbiota species in different types of breeding habitats.


Species	Percentage occurrence of microbiota in habitat type
Species	Paddy fields	Irrigation canals	Blocked drainage canals	Tree holes	Marshy lands	Plastic containers	Dried up ponds	Burrow pits/footprints	Discarded tires	Metal containers	Leaf axils	Tank margins

Phylum Ciliophora
Vorticella microstoma	42.28^B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zoothamnium spp.	25.37^B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paramecium bursaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92.31^A	0	30.51^B	0
Phylum Rotifera
Keratella tropica	0	0	0	0	5.59^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lecane lunaris	2.11^C	0	0	0	0	0	4.76^C	0	0	0	0	0
Lecane luna	4.23^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lecane papuana	0	0	3.67^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lepadella ovalis	0.85^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monostyla bulla	2.75^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46^C	0	0	0	8^C
Notholca acuminata	0	12.82^C	0	0	0	1.08^C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pandorina morum	0	0	0	4.13^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philodina citrina	0.42^C	0	18.35^C	8.26^C	0	26.88^B	0	0	0	9.09^C	0	3.33^C
Diurella stylata	0.42^C	0	1.83^C	0	1.4^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2^C
Brachionus forficula	0.85^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09^C	0	0	0	0
Euchlanis dilatata	1.27^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67^C
Phylum Cyanobacteria/Cyanophyta
Spiriluna major	0	0	0	9.92^C	3.35^C	4.3^C	0	8.2^C	0	0	0	0
Anabaena affinis	0	12.82^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Amoebozoa
Arcella arenaria	0	0	0	0	3.35^C	5.38^C	0	3.28^C	0	0	0	0
Phylum Sarcodina
Acanthocystis aculeata	0	2.56^C	0	0	1.12^C	17.2^C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Euglenozoa
Euglena geniculata	2.54^C	0	7.34^C	20.66^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Euglena acus	0	0	9.17^C	0	0	4.3^C	1.9^C	0	7.69^C	0	0	0
Phacus pleuronectes	0	0	47.71^B	0	19.55^C	0	0	81.97^A	0	0	0	26.67^B
Phacus caudatus	0	0	0	0	31.28^B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phacus longicauda	0	0	0	0	6.98^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Euglenopsis vorax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.64^C	0
Phylum Charophyta
Cosmarium obsoletum	5.92^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cosmarium antilopeum	0.21^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cosmarium quadrum	0	30.77^B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Closterium spp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8^C
Phylum Ochrophyta
Pinnularia braunii	0	0	0.92^C	0	14.53^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gloeobotrys limneticus	3.38^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Chlorophyta
Crucigenia rectangularis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.33^C
Gloeocystis gigas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90.91^A	0	0
Pediastrum biradiatum	0	0	0	0	0	0	53.33^A	0	0	0	0	0
Scenedesmus quadricauda	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.52^C	0	0	0	0	0
Scenedesmus armetus	0	0	7.34^C	9.92^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Volvox aureus	0	0	0	9.92^C	4.19^C	8.6^C	0	0	0	0	50.85^A	0
Scenedesmus bijuga	4.65^C	0	0	0	0	32.26^B	23.81^C	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Siurella robusta	0	6.41^C	3.67^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gomphonema angustatum	0	19.23^C	0	20.66^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67^C
Arthrodesmum incus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.33^B
Phylum Arthropoda
Metacyclops minutus	0.21^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canthocamptus staphylinus	0	15.58^C	0	16.53^C	2.23^C	0	0.95^C	0	0	0	0	0
Sida crystallina	0	0	0	0	6.42^C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diaphanosoma brachyurum	2.54^C	0	0	0	0	0	5.71^C	0	0	0	0	0

^AConstant species; ^Bcommon species; and ^Caccidental or rare species of the collected samples included in parentheses.