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Diversity and community composition of strictly anaerobic and culturable bacteria from the feces of Styrofoam-fed Tenebrio molitor larvae: a culturomics-based study
Summary
Researchers used a culturomics-based approach to characterize the diversity and community composition of strictly anaerobic culturable bacteria from the feces of Tenebrio molitor (mealworm) larvae fed on Styrofoam, identifying 24 genera not detected by amplicon sequencing methods. The study suggests this cultured bacterial collection could serve as a resource for investigating plastic biodegradation by specific microbial strains or strain combinations.
Interestingly, 24 genera in total, identified through the culturomics method, were not found in the results obtained from amplicon sequencing. Here, we present a collection of culturable anaerobic bacteria from the feces of <i>T. molitor</i> larvae, which might be a promising avenue for investigating the biodegradability of plastics by combining specific strains, either randomly or intentionally, while considering the abundance ratio of the microbial community composition.
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