Gut bacterial and fungal communities of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori) and wild mulberry-feeding relatives

Bombyx mori , the domesticated silkworm, is of great importance as a silk producer and as a powerful experimental model for the basic and applied research. Similar to other animals, abundant microorganisms live inside the silkworm gut; however, surprisingly, the microbiota of this model insect has n...

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Published in:	The ISME Journal Vol. 12; no. 9; pp. 2252 - 2262
Main Authors:	Chen, Bosheng, Du, Kaiqian, Sun, Chao, Vimalanathan, Arunprasanna, Liang, Xili, Li, Yong, Wang, Baohong, Lu, Xingmeng, Li, Lanjuan, Shao, Yongqi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2018 Oxford University Press
Subjects:	631/158/855 631/326/2565/2134 Animals Bacteria - classification Bacteria - genetics Bacteria - isolation & purification Biomedical and Life Sciences Bombyx - growth & development Bombyx - microbiology Bombyx mori Butterflies & moths Communities Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA Domestication Ecology Egg production Environmental factors Evolutionary Biology Feeding Fungi Fungi - classification Fungi - genetics Fungi - isolation & purification Gastrointestinal Microbiome Instars Intestinal microflora Life Sciences Microbial Ecology Microbial Genetics and Genomics Microbiology Microbiota Microorganisms Morus Moths - microbiology Ribonucleic acid RNA Silk Silkworms
ISSN:	1751-7362, 1751-7370, 1751-7370
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