Effects of species and sex on the gut microbiome of four laboratory-reared fruit fly lines (Diptera: Tephritidae) using full-length 16S rRNA PacBio Kinnex sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insect gut microbiomes, including tephritid fruit flies, are shaped by multiple endogenous and environmental factors. While host species is a well-known driver of the gut microbiome of adult tephritids, the influence of sex is less clear. Our study evaluated the impacts of host sex and species influence the microbiome in laboratory-reared tephritids when controlled for location, time, and adult diet. We evaluated the gut microbiome of four lines of pest tephritid fruit fly adults (Bactrocera dorsalis, Bactrocera latifrons, Ceratitis capitata, Zeugodacus cucurbitae) using near full-length 16S rRNA sequencing with a PacBio Kinnex concatenation-based approach. We analyzed groups of males and females from each species at the same set of time, across four timepoints in a core

SUBMITTER: Aoki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306104 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature