. 2022 Dec 7;11(6):e1337. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1337

Table A4.

Results of Mann–Whitney U‐test on observed zOTU richness, densities for bacteria, and the Pantoea‐like symbiont for field‐collected egg masses

Parameters	Observed richness		Bacterial density^a		Symbiont density^b
Parameters	W	p Value	W	p Value	W	p Value
Microbiome	17.50	<0.001	829.00	<0.001	875.00	<0.001

Abbreviations: rRNA, ribosomal RNA; zOTU, zero‐radius operational taxonomic unit.

^{^a}

Determined as 16S rRNA gene copy numbers.

^{^b}

Determined as groEL gene copy numbers of the Pantoea‐like symbiont.