Table 7.
Comparative overview of microbial communities identified in maggots of the Asian rice gall midge and the Hessian fly.
| S. No. | Reference | Present study | Bansal et al., 20146 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Insect | Orseolia oryzae | Mayetiola destructor |
| 2. | Common name | Asian rice gall midge | Hessian Fly |
| 3. | Insect Order | Diptera | Diptera |
| 4. | Member | gall midge | gall midge |
| 5. | Location | Asia | USA |
| 6. | Feed on | Rice | Wheat |
| 7. | Platform used for microbial study | Illumina-MiSeq | 454-Pyrosequencing |
| 8. | Targeted 16S-rRNA hypervariable region | V3-V4 | V3 |
| 9. | Raw Reads from Ist instar maggots | 782167 | 6062 |
| 10. | High quality reads | 739176 | 3654 |
| 11. | Developmental stages for microbial study | Ist instar maggots, pupa, adult male and female | Ist, 2nd & 3rd instar larvae |
| 12. | OTUs picked at | >97% similarity cut-off | >97% similarity cut-off |
| 13. | Predominant proteobacteria in Ist instar | 97.8% | 96.53% |
| 14. | Alpha-proteobacteria in Ist instar | 78.7% | 5.08% |
| 15. | Beta-proteobacteria in Ist instar | 2.9% | 2.96% |
| 16. | Gamma-proteobacteria in Ist instar | 16.1% | 91.89% |
| 17. | Predominant bacteria in Ist instar | Pseudomonas sp., 36.9% | Pseudomonas sp., 90.2% |
| 18. | Predominant bacteria in 2nd instar | ND | Buttiauxella sp., 9.7% |
| 19. | Predominant bacteria in 3rd instar | ND | Buttiauxella sp., |
| 20. | Predominant bacteria in pupa | Wolbachia sp., 97.3% | ND |
| 21. | Predominant bacteria in adult female | Wolbachia sp., 89.8% | ND |
| 22. | Predominant bacteria in adult male | Wolbachia sp., 79.6% | ND |
(ND; Not determined).