Deterministic and stochastic effects drive the gut microbial diversity in cucurbit-feeding fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae)

• Wouter Hendrycks ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wouter.hendrycks@africamuseum.be

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0441-2139

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• Nele Mullens,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Jackline Bakengesa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Department of Biology, University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania

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• Sija Kabota,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Jenipher Tairo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Thierry Backeljau,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Department of Biology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels, Belgium

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• Ramadhani Majubwa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Maulid Mwatawala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Marc De Meyer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium

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• Massimiliano Virgilio

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium

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