| Title |
The gut microbiota in larvae of the housefly Musca domestica and their horizontal transfer through feeding
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|---|---|
| Published in |
AMB Express, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13568-017-0445-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yao Zhao, Wanqiang Wang, Fen Zhu, Xiaoyun Wang, Xiaoping Wang, Chaoliang Lei |
| Abstract |
House fly larvae provide a prolific and sustainable source of proteins used in poultry and fish feed. Wheat bran is a superior diet for house fly larvae and has been widely investigated to exploit its potential in the food and feed area. Using Illumina MiSeq 16S rDNA sequencing, this study investigated the gut microbiota of house fly larvae feeding on wheat bran and the bacterial community in the wheat bran. The bacterial communities in the house fly larvae were dominated by the phyla Proteobacteria and Firmicutes. Enterobacteriaceae and Providencia were the predominant bacteria at the family and genus levels, respectively. Some bacteria in the phyla Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes may be transferred from the gut of house flies to the wheat bran during feeding and may be involved in degrading and utilizing polysaccharides in the cell wall of wheat bran. The significance of the gut microbiota of house fly larvae, their transferring and roles in degradation of wheat bran is discussed. These findings regarding the gut microbiota of house fly larvae will provide opportunities for research on the impact of microbial communities on poultry and fish. |
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| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 14 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 12% |
| Researcher | 10 | 11% |
| Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 26 | 29% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 37% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 29 | 32% |
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