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Table 1 Published studies addressing the taxonomic composition of the bacterial microbiota associated with H. illucens

From: Deciphering the functional diversity of the gut microbiota of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens): recent advances and future challenges

References

Rearing conditions

Substrates

Life stage

Tissue

Methodology

Jeon et al. 2011 [38]

Not specified

Food waste; calf forage; cooked rice

Larvae

Whole gut

Pyrosequencing

Zheng et al. 2013 [57]

27 °C

RH: Ambient

Gainesville diet

Eggs, larvae, prepupae, pupae, adults

Whole individual

Pyrosequencing

Zheng et al. 2013 [58]

27 °C

RH: Ambient

Gainesville diet

Eggs and larvae

Whole individual

Pyrosequencing; cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Cai et al. 2018 [60]

27 °C

RH: 70%

Chicken manure

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina HiSeq amplicon sequencing

Cai et al. 2018 [61]

27.5 °C

RH: 70%

Wheat bran

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina HiSeq amplicon sequencing; cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Bruno et al. 2019 [39]

27 °C

RH: 70%

Mixture of vegetable flours; vegetables; fish meal

Larvae

Midgut (anterior, middle, and posterior regions)

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Jiang et al. 2019 [30]

Not specified

Raw food waste

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina HiSeq amplicon sequencing

Zhan et al. 2019 [41]

25 °C

35–40%

Food waste; poultry manure; dairy manure; swine manure

Larvae

Midgut

Illumina HiSeq amplicon sequencing

Wynants et al. 2019 [40]

24.9–29.1 °C

RH: 21–71%

Fruit/vegetable waste; supermarket and restaurant waste; poultry blood; poultry manure; chicken feed; wheat bran; wheat flour; yeast concentrate; brewer’s spent grains

Larvae

Whole individual

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Ao et al. 2020 [43]

27.5 °C

RH: 70%

Mixture of wheat flour and bran; swine/chicken manure

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Callegari et al. 2020 [80]

25 °C

RH: 60–65%

Mixture of wheat germ, alfalfa and corn flour

Larvae

Whole gut

Cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Cifuentes et al. 2020 [62]

25 °C

RH: Not specified

Commercial chicken feed

Larvae and prepupae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Khamis et al. 2020 [63]

Not specified

Not specified

Larvae

Whole individual

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Klammsteiner et al. 2020 [42]

27 °C

RH: 60%

Chicken feed; freshly cut grass; vegetables

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Liu at al. 2020 [64]

29 °C

RH: Not specified

Soya meal

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Raimondi et al. 2020 [65]

20–33 °C

RH: 65%

Mixture of vegetable flours

Larvae and prepupae

Whole individual

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing; cultivation followed by identification on specific Agar plates

Shelomi et al. 2020 [54]

Not specified

Postproduction soy pulp; postconsumer cafeteria waste

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina HiSeq amplicon sequencing; cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Wu et al. 2020 [74]

30 °C

RH: Not specified

Wheat bran

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Galassi et al. 2021 [55]

25 °C

RH: 60%

Hen diet; okara; maize distillers; brewer’s grains

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Tegtmeier et al. 2021 [44]

27 °C

RH: 65%

Chicken feed; cottonseed press cake

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Tegtmeier et al. 2021 [66]

27 °C

RH: 65%

Chicken feed

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing; cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Gorrens et al. 2021 [45]

27 °C

RH: 60%

Chicken feed; fiber-rich ingredients

Larvae

Whole individual

Cultivation followed by identification with mass spectrometry

Greenwood et al. 2021 [46]

30 °C

RH: 64%

Grain-based feed; mixture of brewer’s spent grain and a plant-based sweetener; vegetable waste stream

Larvae

Whole gut

Ion Torrent sequencing

Klammsteiner et al. 2021 [47]

27 °C

RH: 60%

Chicken feed; food waste; oil wast

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Li et al. 2021 [73]

28 °C

RH: 60–70%

Food waste

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing; cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Liu et al. 2021 [67]

29 °C

RH: 65%

Soya meal; oxytetracycline bacterial residue

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Osimani et al. 2021 [48]

27 °C

RH: 65%

Mixtures of coffee by-products and microalgae

Larvae

Whole individual

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Shumo et al. 2021 [49]

28 °C

RH: 65%

Chicken manure; kitchen waste

Larvae

Whole individual

Oxford Nanopore MinION Sequencing; cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Tanga et al. 2021 [50]

Ambient conditions

Brewers’ spent grains; kitchen food waste; poultry manure; rabbit manure

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Yang et al. 2021 [53]

27 °C

RH: 70%

Gainesville diet; starvation

Larvae

Whole individual

Illumina HiSeq amplicon sequencing

Zhang et al. 2021 [68]

30 °C

RH: Not specified

Chicken manure

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Zhineng et al. 2021 [51]

25 °C

RH: 60–70%

Wheat bran + soybean powder; food waste

Larvae

Whole gut

Metagenomic sequencing (approach not specified)

Soomro et al. 2021 [56]

27 °C

RH: 70%

Corn flour + bran

Larvae

Whole individual

Illumina HiSeq amplicon sequencing

Cifuentes et al. 2022 [79]

25 °C

RH: Not specified

Chicken feed

Larvae

Whole gut

Cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Gorrens et al. 2022 [52]

30 °C / ambient temperature

RH: 50–60%

Chiken feed; mixture of vegetable coproducts; pig feed; pig feed + wheat bran

Larvae

Whole individual

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Pei at al. 2022 [69]

30 °C

RH: 70%

Wheat bran; food waste + peanut shell powder

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Querejeta et al. 2022 [70]

Not specified

Gainesville diet

Eggs, larvae, prepupae, pupae, adults

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing

Zhang et al. 2022 [72]

27 °C

RH: 60–70%

Pig manure

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing; cultivation followed by partial 16 S rRNA gene sequencing

Yu et al. 2023 [71]

28 °C

RH: Not specified

Artificial diet for Drosophila melanogaster

Larvae

Whole gut

Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing