Interkingdom Gut Microbiome and Resistome of the Cockroach Blattella germanica.

ABSTRACT: Cockroaches are intriguing animals with two coexisting symbiotic systems, an endosymbiont in the fat body, involved in nitrogen metabolism, and a gut microbiome whose diversity, complexity, role, and developmental dynamics have not been fully elucidated. In this work, we present a metagenomic approach to study Blattella germanica populations not treated, treated with kanamycin, and recovered after treatment, both naturally and by adding feces to the diet, with the aim of better understanding the structure and function of its gut microbiome along the development as well as the characterization of its resistome.IMPORTANCE For the first time, we analyze the interkingdom hindgut microbiome of this species, including bacteria, fungi, archaea, and viruses. Network analysis reveals

SUBMITTER: Dominguez-Santos R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8125077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature