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Table 1 Comparison of alpha diversity (Mean ± SD, n = 10) of Monochamus alternatus larvae

From: Associated bacteria of a pine sawyer beetle confer resistance to entomopathogenic fungi via fungal growth inhibition

Treatment

Chao1

Shannon

Simpson

 

Gut

Cuticle

Gut

Cuticle

Gut

Cuticle

Tween-80

246.36 ± 46.51

92.71 ± 19.27

1.66 ± 0.36

2.10 ± 0.40

0.35 ± 0.11

0.20 ± 0.07

1 × 107Bb

201.76 ± 79.63

89.17 ± 33.93

2.12 ± 0.62

1.63 ± 0.50*

0.22 ± 0.13*

0.32 ± 0.14*

1 × 108Bb

140.54 ± 62.30***

133.53 ± 34.16**

1.67 ± 0.47

1.66 ± 0.54

0.33 ± 0.14

0.36 ± 0.18*

1 × 109Bb

114.35 ± 31.59***

124.16 ± 39.15*

1.84 ± 0.61

1.81 ± 0.45

0.29 ± 0.20

0.28 ± 0.0.16

  1. Gut and cuticle bacterial community separately compared between treatments with Beauveria bassiana and Tween-80 group
  2. *Indicates significant differences, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001