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

No genome information available

Related Symbionts

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Symbiont records associated with Alphitobius diaperinus

Classification Function Function Tags Reference
Bacteria

degrade Polystyrene (PS)

Plastic degradation
Bacteria

degrade Polystyrene (PS)

Plastic degradation
Bacteria

degrade Polystyrene (PS)

Plastic degradation
Bacteria

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Metagenome Information

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Metagenome sequencing data associated with Alphitobius diaperinus

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No metagenomes found

No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

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Amplicon sequencing data associated with Alphitobius diaperinus

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No amplicons found

No amplicon records associated with this host species.

Related Articles

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Research articles related to Alphitobius diaperinus

Title Authors Journal Year DOI
Crippen, TL; Singh, B; Anderson, RC; Sheffield, CL
MICROORGANISMS
2022
10.3390/microorganisms10010175