Drosophila neotestacea
Drosophila neotestacea is a member of the testacea species group of Drosophila. Testacea species are specialist fruit flies that breed on the fruiting bodies of mushrooms. These flies will choose to breed on psychoactive mushrooms such as the Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria. Drosophila neotestacea can be found in temperate regions of North America, ranging from the north eastern United States to western Canada.
Host Genome
Contig| Genome ID | Level | BUSCO Assessment |
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| GCA_035044365.1 | Contig |
C:100.00%[S:99.34%,D:0.66%],F:0.00%,M:0.00%,n:1367
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Related Symbionts
1 recordsSymbiont records associated with Drosophila neotestacea
| Classification | Function | Function Tags | Reference | |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Bacteria
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when parasitized by the nematode Howardula aoronymphium, Spiroplasma encodes a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) related to Shiga-like toxins from … |
Metagenome Information
0 recordsMetagenome sequencing data associated with Drosophila neotestacea
| 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 Drosophila neotestacea
| 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 Drosophila neotestacea
| Title | Authors | Journal | Year | DOI |
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Hamilton, PT; Peng, FN; Boulanger, MJ; Perlman, SJ
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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2016
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10.1073/pnas.1518648113 |