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Figure 6

From: Wild specimens of sand fly phlebotomine Lutzomyia evansi, vector of leishmaniasis, show high abundance of Methylobacterium and natural carriage of Wolbachia and Cardinium types in the midgut microbiome

Figure 6

Alpha diversity estimations of gut microbiomes from Lu. evansi (male/fed females/unfed females) specimens with respect to environmental habitat, sex and diet. Richness of observed OTUs and Chao1 indexes, and Shannon abundance and evenness indexes. Statistically significant differences in alpha diversity indices were not found (one-way ANOVA Observed df = 2, F = 0.627, P < 0.558; Shannon df = 2, F = 0.235, P < 0.796). Nomenclature of gut pools: COM: males from Colosó; COFF: fed females from Coloso; COUF: Unfed females from Coloso; OVM: males from Ovejas; OVFF: fed females from Ovejas; OVUF: unfed females from Ovejas.

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