Changes in the Host Gut Microbiota during Parasitization by Parasitic Wasp Cotesia vestalis.

ABSTRACT: Parasites attack the host insects and possibly impact the host-gut microbiota, which leads to provision of a suitable host environment for parasites' development. However, little is known about whether and how the parasitic wasp Cotesia vestalis alters the gut microbiota of the host Plutella xylostella. In this study, 16S rDNA microbial profiling, combined with a traditional isolation and culture method, were used to assess changes in the bacterial microbiome of parasitized and non-parasitized hosts at different developmental stages of C. vestalis larvae. Parasitization affected both the diversity and structure of the host-gut microbiota, with a significant reduction in richness on the sixth day post parasitization (6 DPP) and significant differences in bacterial struc

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9506224 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature