Galleria mellonella

greater wax moth or honeycomb moth

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pyralidae

Genus

Galleria

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Galleria mellonella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. G. mellonella is found throughout the world. It is one of two species of wax moths, with the other being the lesser wax moth. G. mellonella eggs are laid in the spring, and they have four life stages. Males are able to generate ultrasonic sound pulses, which, along with pheromones, are used in mating. The larvae of G. mellonella are also often used as a model organism in research.

Host Genome

Contig

Genome ID	Level	BUSCO Assessment
GCA_004355975.1	Contig	C:98.3%[S:96.8%,D:1.5%],F:0.3%,M:1.4%,n:1367

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Related Symbionts

11 records

Symbiont records associated with Galleria mellonella

	Classification	Function	Function Tags
Streptococcus faecalis Bacillota	Bacteria	Streptococcus faecalis suppresses bacteria ingested with food by producing bacteriocin and by releasing a lysozyme-like enzyme (antimicrobial activit…	antimicrobial activity
Metarhizium robertsii Ascomycota	Fungi	Metarhizium robertsii mediates the saprophyte-to-insect pathogen transition through modulation of the expression of a membrane protein, Mr-OPY2.	pathogen resistance
Aspergillus flavus Ascomycota	Fungi	Aspergillus flavus from the guts of Galleria mellonella is capable of biodegradation of Polyethylene (microplastic particles).	plastic degration
gut bacteria -	Bacteria	Gut bacteria (microbiome) play a key role in the polyethylene biodegradation process within Galleria mellonella.	plastic degration
Microbacterium oxydans Actinomycetota	Bacteria	Microbacterium oxydans is capable of the biodegradation of Polyethylene (Low-density polyethylene) in vitro.	plastic degration
Bacillus wyabhattai Bacillota	Bacteria	Bacillus wyabhattai is capable of the biodegradation of Polyethylene (Low-density polyethylene) in vitro.	plastic degration
Acinetobacter Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Acinetobacter plays a key role in the polyethylene biodegradation process within Galleria mellonella.	plastic degration
Escherichia coli Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Escherichia coli mediates trans-generational immune priming.	immune priming
Staphylococcus warneri Bacillota	Bacteria	Staphylococcus warneri degrades polyurethanes (PUs).	plastic degration
Enterobacter Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Enterobacter sp. D1 biodegrades polyethylene.	plastic degration
gut bacteria -	Bacteria	-

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Metagenome Information

0 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Galleria mellonella

Run	Platform	Location	Date	BioProject
No metagenomes found No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

38 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Galleria mellonella

Run	Classification	Platform	Location	Environment
SRR18964182 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964165 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964175 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964176 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964177 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964179 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964180 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964181 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964183 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964184 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964163 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964167 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964171 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964172 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964173 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964174 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964178 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964164 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964166 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964168 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964169 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR18964170 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.03 N 82.98 E	laboratory environment [ENVO:01001405] microbial feature [ENVO:01000007]
SRR7479407 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479408 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479409 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479410 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479411 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479412 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479413 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479414 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479415 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479416 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479417 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479418 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479419 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479420 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479421 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-
SRR7479422 AMPLICON	16S	-	Russia 55.0372 N 82.921 E	-

8 records

Research articles related to Galleria mellonella

Title	Authors	Journal	Year	DOI
The Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbiota of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella L. Consuming Polyethylene and Polystyrene	Barrionuevo, JRM; Vilanova-Cuevas, B; Alvarez, A ... Monmany-Garzia, AC; Godoy-Vitorino, F	FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY	2022	10.3389/fmicb.2022.918861
In vitro degradation of low-density polyethylene by new bacteria from larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella	Montazer, Zahra; Habibi Najafi, Mohammad B.; Levin, David B.	Canadian Journal of Microbiology	2021	10.1139/cjm-2020-0208
Role of the intestinal microbiome in low-density polyethylene degradation by caterpillar larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella	Cassone, BJ; Grove, HC; Elebute, O; Villanueva, SMP; LeMoine, CMR	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES	2020	10.1098/rspb.2020.0112
Biodegradation of polyethylene microplastic particles by the fungus Aspergillus flavus from the guts of wax moth Galleria mellonella	Zhang, Junqing; Gao, Danling; Li, Quanhao ... Bi, Qirui; Zhao, Yucheng	The Science of the Total Environment	2020	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135931
Biodegradation of Polyethylene by Enterobacter sp. D1 from the Guts of Wax Moth Galleria mellonella	Ren, Liu; Men, Lina; Zhang, Zhiwei ... Zhang, Yuhong; Zhang, Wei	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	2019	10.3390/ijerph16111941
Alternative transcription start site selection in Mr-OPY2 controls lifestyle transitions in the fungus Metarhizium robertsii	Guo, N; Qian, Y; Zhang, QQ ... Leger, RJS; Fang, WG	NATURE COMMUNICATIONS	2017	10.1038/s41467-017-01756-1
The maternal transfer of bacteria can mediate trans-generational immune priming in insects	Freitak, Dalial; Schmidtberg, Henrike; Dickel, Franziska ... Vogel, Heiko; Vilcinskas, Andreas	Virulence	2014	10.4161/viru.28367
Gut Flora Of Galleria-Mellonella Suppressing Ingested Bacteria	Jarosz, J.	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	1979	10.1016/0022-2011(79)90101-0

Core Microbiome Composition

Core microbiome composition is derived from available metagenomic and amplicon sequencing data, calculated based on the relative abundance and coverage of symbionts across different samples. The representativeness of this analysis may vary depending on the number of available samples and should be considered as a reference guide. See calculation details in Help documentation