ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020
Mating changes the genital microbiome in both sexes of the common bedbug
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- Two matings lead to more copulatory wounding than a single mating in femaleProceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Invasive indoor pests under the microbiological lens: bacterial and viral diversity from local to global scales in bed bugs and cockroaches.Current opinion in insect science · 2025Review
- Transmission of yeast and bacterial symbionts between sexual partners inRoyal Society open science · 2025Article
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- Semen adaptation to microbes in an insect.Evolution letters · 2024Article
- Bed bug control with various dusts: Efficacy comparison between silicon dioxide, diatomaceous earth, and Sommières earth.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2024Article
- Changes in the bacterial communities ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Bacterial Communities of the Internal Reproductive and Digestive Tracts of Virgin and MatedInsects · 2023Article
- Lactobacillus spp. in the reproductive system of female moths and mating induced changes and possible transmission.BMC microbiology · 2022Article
- Mating Leads to a Decline in the Diversity of Symbiotic Microbiomes and Promiscuity Increased Pathogen Abundance in a Moth.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Many bacteria live on host surfaces, in cells and in specific organ systems. In comparison with gut microbiomes, the bacterial communities of reproductive organs (genital microbiomes) have received little attention. During mating, male and female genitalia interact and copulatory wounds occur, providing an entrance for sexually transmitted microbes. Besides being potentially harmful to the host, invading microbes might interact with resident genital microbes and affect immunity. Apart from the investigation of sexually transmitted symbionts, few studies have addressed how mating changes genital microbiomes. We dissected reproductive organs from virgin and mated common bedbugs,
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