Table 3 Phyla-level bacterial diversity in each diet administered Trichoplusia ni during experimentation.

From: The gut microbiota composition of Trichoplusia ni is altered by diet and may influence its polyphagous behavior

Phylum

Population fed with A. thaliana leaves (%)

Population fed with S. lycopersicum leaves (%)

Population fed with Artificial Diet (%)

p-value

Acidobacteria

0.0710

0.056

0.104

0.748

Actinobacteria

1.147

1.337

1.429

0.698

Bacteroidetes

0.016

0.053

0.412

0.348

Chloroflexi

0

0.033

0.024

0.427

Cyanobacteria

0.583

0.787

0.286

0.552

Firmicutes*

0.976

1.723

1.393

0.039

Proteobacteria

5.165

4.568

3.139

0.163

unclassified

1.354

0.358

0.526

0.549

Total

9.312

8.915

7.313

0.945

  1. *ANCOVA univariate test (P < 0.05).
  2. The amount of bacterial diversity observed in each population corresponds to the numbers of ASVs classified at the phyla level to visualize sample alpha diversity with Shannon’s diversity index in the row described “total”. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences among all pairs of values. (*) p < 0.05.
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