Effects of Habitual Dietary Change on the Gut Microbiota and Health of Silkworms.

ABSTRACT: Diet plays a crucial role in shaping the gut microbiota and overall health of animals. Traditionally, silkworms are fed fresh mulberry leaves, and artificial diets do not support good health. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the dietary transition from artificial diets to mulberry leaves and the effects on the gut microbiota and physiological changes in silkworms as a model organism. With the transition from artificial diets to mulberry leaves, the diversity of the silkworm gut microbiota increased, and the proportion of Enterococcus and Weissella, the dominant gut bacterial species in silkworms reared on artificial diets, decreased, whereas the abundance of Achromobacter and Rhodococcus increased. Dietary transition at different tim

SUBMITTER: Wang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10855636 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature