Fig. 3
From: Plastics shape the black soldier fly larvae gut microbiome and select for biodegrading functions
Midgut microbiota and microbiome composition of BSF larvae reared on standard diet (STDd), agar or agar-based substrates containing polyethylene (PE) or polystyrene (PS). Midgut content was isolated from larvae reared on standard diet for 10 days (Tzero samples) and from larvae that were then moved to PEd or PSd (PE and PS samples, respectively), or AGARd (AGAR samples) for 2 weeks or left on STDd (STD samples) for 4 days from Tzero (i.e., when the larvae reached the last instar and were still actively feeding). Taxonomic composition at phylum level (% relative abundance) obtained by 16S rRNA gene sequencing (A), mapping metagenomics reads against marker genes through mOTUs (B), and assigning taxonomy to metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs; C). Boxplots of major changes in the abundance of species belonging to the most represented phyla determined by shotgun metagenomics read-mapping, are also shown (D–J)