Functional identification and characterization of midgut microbial flora derived from lepidopteran larvae Spodoptera litura Fab.

• Main Authors: Sengodan Karthi, Babyshalini Panneerselvam, Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan, Prabhakaran Vasantha-Srinivasan, Muthugoundar Subramaniam Shivakumar, Patcharin Krutmuang
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemical Engineering; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85089803456&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/69978
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Spodoptera litura are important agricultural pest, and they have a worldwide distribution. The microbiota gut is vital for the host with significant activity in metabolism. Lepidopteran species is one of the prominent orders in insect group of phytophagous pests, and their linkag...