Both fungi with an increasing trend are plant pathogens; Fusarium graminearum is considered transient without any functional role in insects ( 86 ), while Alternaria dominates the guts under stress exposure ( 87 ) and inhibits caterpillar digestive enzymes ( 88 ).
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Concentration-dependent effect of plant secondary metabolites on bacterial and fungal microbiomes in caterpillar guts.
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Taxa with a decreasing trend included common plant endophytes [ Erwinia ( 89 )] or insect pathogens [ Aspergillus sp.