Diet influences proliferation and stability of gut bacterial populations in herbivorous lepidopteran larvae

• Charles J. Mason ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cjm360@psu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-8511

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• Abbi St. Clair,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

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• Michelle Peiffer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

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• Elena Gomez,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

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• Asher G. Jones,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

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• Gary W. Felton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

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• Kelli Hoover

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

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