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Novel bacteriocyte-associated pleomorphic symbiont of the grain pest beetle Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

BACKGROUND: The lesser grain borer Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) is a stored-product pest beetle. Early histological studies dating back to 1930s have reported that R. dominica and other bostrichid species possess a pair of oval symbiotic organs, called the bacteriomes, in which th...

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Autores principales: Okude, Genta, Koga, Ryuichi, Hayashi, Toshinari, Nishide, Yudai, Meng, Xian-Ying, Nikoh, Naruo, Miyanoshita, Akihiro, Fukatsu, Takema
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-017-0073-8