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Table 1 Diet formulas used to evaluate the potential of brewer’s yeast replacement with Enterobacter sp. AA26 in medfly larval diet

From: Enterobacter sp. AA26 gut symbiont as a protein source for Mediterranean fruit fly mass-rearing and sterile insect technique applications

Ingredients

Diet formulas

Control

7% Yeast

7% Bacteria

3.5% Yeast + 3.5% Bacteria

Enterobacter sp. AA26

–

–

70 g

35 g

Brewer’s Yeast

–

70 g

–

35 g

Corncob

2.0 g

–

2.0 g

1.0 g

Carrot powder

150 g

150 g

150 g

150 g

HCL

8.0 ml

8.0 ml

8.0 ml

8.0 ml

Na Benzoate

2.5 ml

2.5 ml

2.5 ml

2.5 ml

Nipagin

2.0 g

2.0 g

2.0 g

2.0 g

Water

770 ml

770 ml

770 ml

770 ml

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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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