Table 2.

Average proportional abundance of bacterial families in Trichoplusia ni by life-stage

Phylum	Family	Third instar	Sixth instar	Pupa	Adult
Acidobacteria	Corynebacteriaceae	0.56	0.05	0.06	0.39
Bacteriodetes	Chitinophagaceae	1.75	0.00	0.1	1.40
Firmicutes	Enterococcaceae	2.11	1.50	1.86	0.28
	Lactobacillaceae	43.07	88.70	75.45	2.56
Proteobacteria	Alcaligenaceae	10.44	1.89	3.52	15.6
	Caulobacteraceae	0.64	0.02	0.12	0.27
	Comamonadaceae	0.65	0.12	0.35	1.93
	Enterobacteriaceae	6.53	0.09	1.86	6.85
	Pseudomonadaceae	26.39	7.02	9.79	56.53
	Sinobacteraceae	1.36	0.00	0.39	1.61
	Percentage total OTUs	93.5	99.39	93.5	87.42
	Average OTU count	4,075.25	4,079.56	4,062.23	4,057.89