Gut fungal diversity across different life stages of the onion fly Delia antiqua.

ABSTRACT: A significant number of microorganisms inhabit the intestinal tract or the body surface of insects. While the majority of research on insect microbiome interaction has mainly focused on bacteria, of late multiple studies have been acknowledging the importance of fungi and have started reporting the fungal communities as well. In this study, high-throughput sequencing was used to compare the diversity of intestinal fungi in Delia antiqua (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) at different growth stages, and effect of differential fungi between adjacent life stages on the growth and development of D. antiqua was investigated. The results showed that there were significant differences in the α and β diversity of gut fungal communities between two adjacent growth stages. Among the dominant fungi, genera Peni

SUBMITTER: Cao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393149 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature