Table 3. Core OTUs of the three beetle species and their identity as a consensus of searches in the UNITE+INSDC, GenBank BLASTn and a match with our reference sequenced communities and reference cultures.
| Species 1 | OTU code | Consensus identification |
|---|---|---|
| X. crassiusculus, X. ferrugineus, X. affinis | New.ReferenceOTU2 | Microascales (Ambrosiella) |
| JN882303 | Cryptococcus sp./Bandoniozyma glucofermentans | |
| GU117066 | Malassezia restricta | |
| GU721625 | Cladosporium sp. | |
| HM211210 | Fusarium sp. | |
| New.ReferenceOTU4 | Xylariales sp. | |
| X. crassiusculus, X. affinis | GU721291 | Epicoccum nigrum |
| JN693502 | Diplodia corticola | |
| New.ReferenceOTU1 | Candida sp. | |
| X. crassiusculus, X. ferrugineus | No core OTU shared | NA |
| X. affinis, X. ferrugineus | No core OTU shared | NA |
| X. affinis | New.ReferenceOTU0 | Candida laemsonensis |
| EU568927 | Pichia jadinii | |
| FJ381698 | Candida mycetangii | |
| X. ferrugineus | GQ850385 | Strelitziana africana |
| X. crassiusculus | New.ReferenceOTU146 | Ceratocystis sp. |
| New.ReferenceOTU206 | Ceratocystis sp. | |
| New.ReferenceOTU49 | Sugiyamaella smithiae |
Abbreviation: OTU, operational taxonomic unit.