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

Table 3

Molecular identification of isolated bacteria from midgut of sand flies.

Phylum	Genus/species identification	Similarity (%)	Accession numbers	Isolate
Firmicutes	Staphylococcus saprophyticus	100	MK841545	PaKu3
	Staphylococcus sciuri	100	MK841316	PaKu6
	Staphylococcus arlettae	100	MK841329	PaKu9
	Staphylococcus warneri	99	MK841411	PaKu12
	Bacillus megaterium	100	MK841412	PaKu13
	Bacillus licheniformis	99	MN067797	PaKu19
	Bacillus sonorensis	99	MN067799	PaKu21
	Bacillus subtilis	100	MN069586	PaKu22
	Bacillus subtilis	100	MN067800	PaKu23
	Bacillus sonorensis	99	MN067801	PaKu24
	Bacillus cereus	100	MN067802	PaKu25
Proteobacteria	Serratia marcescens	99	MK841543	PaKu1
	Enterobacter sp.	100	MK841544	PaKu2
	Enterobacter cloacae	99	MK841569	PaKu4
	Enterobacter cloacae	100	MK841570	PaKu5
	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia^!	100	MK841317	PaKu7
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	100	MK841321	PaKu8
	Aeromonas caviae	100	MK841331	PaKu10
	Aeromonas caviae	100	MK841333	PaKu11
	Pseudomonas stutzeri	100	MN067779	PaKu14
	Rhizobium sp.	100	MN067780	PaKu15
	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia^!	100	MN067781	PaKu16
	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia^!	100	MN067783	PaKu17
	Stenotrophomonas panacihumi	100	MN067796	PaKu18
	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia^!	100	MN069585	PaKu26
	Pantoea dispersa	99	MN067798	PaKu20

Human pathogens. ^!Rarely pathogenic on humans.