Gut Bacterial Communities of Lymantria xylina and Their Associations with Host Development and Diet.

ABSTRACT: The gut microbiota of insects has a wide range of effects on host nutrition, physiology, and behavior. The structure of gut microbiota may also be shaped by their environment, causing them to adjust to their hosts; thus, the objective of this study was to examine variations in the morphological traits and gut microbiota of Lymantria xylina in response to natural and artificial diets using high-throughput sequencing. Regarding morphology, the head widths for larvae fed on a sterilized artificial diet were smaller than for larvae fed on a non-sterilized host-plant diet in the early instars. The gut microbiota diversity of L. xylina fed on different diets varied significantly, but did not change during different development periods. This seemed to indicate that vertical inheritance occurred i

SUBMITTER: Ma Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8470732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature