Pyrosequencing reveals a shift in symbiotic bacteria populations across life stages of Bactrocera dorsalis.

ABSTRACT: Bactrocera dorsalis is one of the most economically important fruit flies around the world. In this study, 454 pyrosequencing was used to identify the bacteria associated with different developmental stages of B. dorsalis. At ≥ 97% nucleotide similarity, total reads could be assigned to 172 Operational Taxonomic Units belonging to six phyla. Proteobacteria dominated in immature stages while Firmicutes dominated in adult stages. The most abundant families were Enterococcaceae and Comamondaceae. The genus Comamonas was most abundant in pupae whereas completely absent in adults. Some identified species had low sequence similarity to reported species indicating the possibility of novel taxa. However, a majority sequence reads were similar to sequences previously identified to be associated wit

SUBMITTER: Andongma AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5380164 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature