Starvation Alters Gut Microbiome in Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae.

ABSTRACT: Unlike for vertebrates, the impact of starvation on the gut microbiome of invertebrates is poorly studied. Deciphering shifts in metabolically active associated bacterial communities in vertebrates has led to determining the role of the associated microbiome in the sensation of hunger and discoveries of associated regulatory mechanisms. From an invertebrate perspective, such as the black soldier fly, such information could lead to enhanced processes for optimized biomass production and waste conversion. Bacteria associated with food substrates of black soldier fly are known to impact corresponding larval life-history traits (e.g., larval development); however, whether black soldier fly larval host state (i.e., starved) impacts the gut microbiome is not known. In this study, we measured mic

SUBMITTER: Yang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7921171 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature