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
GCA_035044365.1 Contig
C:100.00%[S:99.34%,D:0.66%],F:0.00%,M:0.00%,n:1367

Related Symbionts

1 records

Symbiont records associated with Drosophila neotestacea

Classification Function Function Tags Reference
Spiroplasma

Mycoplasmatota

Bacteria

when parasitized by the nematode Howardula aoronymphium, Spiroplasma encodes a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) related to Shiga-like toxins from …

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Metagenome Information

0 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Drosophila neotestacea

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No metagenomes found

No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

0 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Drosophila neotestacea

Run Classification Platform Location Environment

No amplicons found

No amplicon records associated with this host species.

Related Articles

1 records

Research articles related to Drosophila neotestacea

Title Authors Journal Year DOI
Hamilton, PT; Peng, FN; Boulanger, MJ; Perlman, SJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016
10.1073/pnas.1518648113