Illumina-based 16S metagenomic analysis of the indigenous gut microbiota of cavity-nesting bee Megachile centuncularis: a comparison with the cavity-nesting wasp Ancistrocerus antilope

Insect guts are colonized by different species of microorganisms, most of which are benign or beneficial to their host. However, little is known about how the microbial gut communities vary among d...