Engineered Skin Microbiome Reduces Mosquito Attraction to Mice
F. Liu, I. V. Coutinho-Abreu, R. Raban, T. Nguyen, A. Dimas, J. Merriman, O. Akbari
This study reduces mosquito attraction to mice by engineering their skin microbiome to lower lactic acid production, offering longer protection than DEET.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2023Microbiology