Molecular Characterization of Culturable Aerobic Bacteria in the Midgut of Field-Caught Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Culex gelidus, and Mansonia annulifera Mosquitoes in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka

Table 1

The occurrence of different bacterial species in Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Culex gelidus, and Mansonia annulifera.

Phylum	Family	Bacterial species (Accession No.)	Percentage occurrence (95% CI^b)
			Cx. tritaeniorhynchus	Cx. gelidus	Ma. annulifera
Proteobacteria	Moraxellaceae	Moraxella osloensis; (MT072195)	ND	5.56; (0.025-0.119)	ND
	Enterobacteriaceae	Klebsiella michiganensis; (MT072197)	ND	18.06; (0.117-0.267)	ND
		Enterobacter sp.; (MT072198)	ND	11.11; (0.063-0.187)	ND
		Cedecea neteri; (MT072184)	ND	ND	21.05; (0.142-0.3)
	Erwiniaceae	Pantoea dispersa; (MT072165/MT072166)	10.44; (0.058-0.179)	ND	ND
Firmicutes	Staphylococcaceae	Staphylococcus sciuri; (MT072175/MT072194)	6.71; (0.032-0.133)	8.33; (0.043-0.154)	ND
		Staphylococcus warneri; (MT072204/MT072196)	ND	5.56; (0.025-0.119)	ND
		Staphylococcus hominis; (MT072199)	ND	10.42; (0.058-0.179)	ND
		Staphylococcus saprophyticus; (MT072203)	ND	9.72; (0.053-0.171)	ND
		Staphylococcus chromogenes; (MT072169/MT072170/MT072191)	16.42; (0.104-0.248)	ND	11.84; (0.069-0.196)
		Staphylococcus pasteuri; (MT072161)	20.89; (0.141-0.298)	ND	ND
		Staphylococcus cohnii; (MT072164/MT072172)	8.95; (0.047-0.161)	ND	ND
		Staphylococcus arlettae; (MT072171/MT072173)	13.43; (0.081-0.214)	ND	ND
	Bacillaceae	Bacillus megaterium; (MT072163/MT072200)	12.69; (0.075-0.206)	20.83; (0.140-0.298)	ND
		Bacillus niacini; (MT072182)	ND	ND	15.78; (0.099-0.242)
		Bacillus aquimaris; (MT072168)	10.45; (0.058-0.179)	ND	ND
		Bacillus licheniformis; (MT072189)	ND	ND	22.36; (0.153-0.315)
		Lysinibacillus sphaericus; (MT072262)	ND	ND	1.32; (0.003-0.059)
Actinobacteria	Actinomycetaceae	Streptomyces sp.; (MT072202)	ND	10.42; (0.058-0.179)	ND
	Micrococcaceae	Micrococcus luteus; (MT072186)	ND	ND	28.00; (0.198-0.371)

^aAll bacterial species were identified based on a % identity higher than 99% CI. ^bConfidence interval; ND: not detected.