Table 2.
Presence of the two Mollicutes OTUs, EntAcro1 and EntAcro2, in A. cephalotes pupal guts and the rests of the body of the same individuals.
| Pupae of Atta cephalotes | Field colonies | Bacterial OTU | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AcCa | AcCr | AcW | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gut | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | EntAcro1 | |||||||||||
| Rest of the body | + | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | ||||||||||||
| Gut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EntAcro2 | |||||||||||
| Rest of the body | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Pupae of Atta cephalotes | Lab colonies | Bacterial OTU | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ac2012-2 | Ac2012-3 | Ac2012-4 | Ac19BB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EntAcro1 |
| Rest of the body | - | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EntAcro2 |
| Rest of the body | - | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Cells refer to individual samples (three replicates for field colonies and five replicates for lab colonies). Samples with infected tissues are marked with +, whereas - indicates no infection.