The Diversity of Midgut Bacteria among Wild-Caught Phlebotomus argentipes (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the Vector of Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

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Phylogenetic analysis of gut microbiota isolated from P. argentipes sand flies verified by partial 16S rRNA gene sequences. Black circle—gut microbes in sand fly species—black triangle—study clones—gut microbes in sand fly (P. argentipes) in Sri Lanka. The sequences were aligned using Clustal Omega Software. The phylogenetic tree was constructed based on the neighbor-joining algorithm using MEGA7 software. Each bacterial family in the phylogenetic tree is represented by a separate colored line. The scale of the genetic distance is shown underneath.