Alphitobius diaperinus
Alphitobius diaperinus is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. It is known commonly as the lesser mealworm and the litter beetle. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring nearly worldwide. It is known widely as a pest insect of stored food grain products such as flour, and of poultry-rearing facilities and it is a vector of many kinds of animal pathogens. In larval form, it is an approved novel food in the European Union, and also used as animal feed.
Host Genome
Related Symbionts
4 recordsSymbiont records associated with Alphitobius diaperinus
| Classification | Function | Function Tags | Reference | |
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Klebsiella aerogenes strain DAI2m/a
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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degrade Polystyrene (PS) |
Plastic degradation
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain DAI2m/b
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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degrade Polystyrene (PS) |
Plastic degradation
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain DAI2m/c
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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degrade Polystyrene (PS) |
Plastic degradation
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Bacteria
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Metagenome Information
0 recordsMetagenome sequencing data associated with Alphitobius diaperinus
| Run | Platform | Location | Date | BioProject |
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No metagenomes foundNo metagenome records associated with this host species. |
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Amplicon Information
0 recordsAmplicon sequencing data associated with Alphitobius diaperinus
| Run | Classification | Platform | Location | Environment |
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No amplicons foundNo amplicon records associated with this host species. |
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Related Articles
1 recordsResearch articles related to Alphitobius diaperinus
| Title | Authors | Journal | Year | DOI |
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Crippen, TL; Singh, B; Anderson, RC; Sheffield, CL
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MICROORGANISMS
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2022
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10.3390/microorganisms10010175 |