insect gut metagenome Raw sequence reads. insect gut metagenome

The family of the Tephritidae includes some of the most notorious insect pest species of agricultural and horticultural crops in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Despite a recent increasing interest in the study of the gut microbiome of these tephritid fruit flies, at present our knowledge about these gut microbiome is still very limited and fragmented. In this study, we aimed to gather base line information about the gut microbiome of multiple African and Mediterranean fruit fly species and study the relation between this gut microbiome and taxonomical- and ecological characteristics of fruit flies.