Table 4 Effect of restrictive diets on the relative abundances of predicted gut bacterial gene function within Trichoplusia ni fed with different plant diets.

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

Genetic information

Relative abundance

p-value

Function

K-Orthology

Gut fed A. thaliana

Gut fed S. lycopersicum

Alpha-amylase

EC.3.2.1.1

0.220

0.500

0.011

Alpha-mannosidase

EC.3.2.1.24

0.175

0.440

0.026

Beta-glucuronidase

EC.3.2.1.31

0.009

0.032

0.026

Alpha-L-rhamnosidase

EC.3.2.1.40

0.027

0.013

0.045

Pullulanase

EC.3.2.1.41

0.028

0.109

0.007

Alpha-n-acetylglucoasminidase

EC.3.2.1.50

0.001

0.005

0.002

Bifunctional autolysin

EC.3.5.1.28 3.2.1.96

0.003

0.009

0.012

Mannosyl-glycoprotein endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase

EC.3.2.1.96

0.014

0.085

0.003

  1. All displayed gene functions have been significantly increased or decreased as a result of restrictive diet administration to the Trichoplusia ni groups used in this study.
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