Table 3. Core gut bacterial genera of C. molossus at different developmental stages.

Phylum	Genus	Relative abundance
Proteobacteria	Acinetobacter	19.50%
Firmicutes	Romboutsia	10.76%
Firmicutes	Lactococcus	7.01%
Firmicutes	Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1	2.84%
Firmicutes	Peptostreptococcaceae__unassigned	2.32%
Firmicutes	Turicibacter	1.72%
Firmicutes	Paeniclostridium	1.28%
Firmicutes	Lachnospiraceae__unassigned	1.24%
Proteobacteria	Enterobacteriaceae__unassigned	0.98%
Proteobacteria	Escherichia-Shigella	0.80%
Firmicutes	Terrisporobacter	0.68%
	Proportion of total reads	49.13%

Note: Number of samples of each stage of dung beetle. Adult (n = 8), Egg (n = 3), young larvae (n = 3), old larvae (n = 4).