Contributions of gut bacteria to Bacillus thuringiensis-induced mortality vary across a range of Lepidoptera

Table 1 Enteric bacteria in larvae of five lepidopteran species identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

Larval species		Bacterial species detected in guts of larvae reared on:
Family	Species	sterile artificial diet	diet with antibiotics
Nymphalidae	Vanessa cardui	Lactococcus lactis	none detected
		Klebsiella sp.
Sphingidae	Manduca sexta	Enterobacter sp.	none detected
		Klebsiella sp.
Pieridae	Pieris rapae	Enterobacter sp.	none detected
		Pantoea sp.
Noctuidae	Heliothis virescens	none detected	none detected
Gelechiidae	Pectinophora gossypiella	Enterococcus casseliflavus	none detected
Lymantriidae	Lymantria dispar	Enterobacter sp. NAB3	none detected
		Pseudomonas putida

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