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SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Garcia JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5655642 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hernández-García Juan Alfredo JA Briones-Roblero Carlos Iván CI Rivera-Orduña Flor N FN Zúñiga Gerardo G
Scientific reports 20171024 1
Dendroctonus bark beetles comprise 20 taxonomically recognized species, which are one of the most destructive pine forest pests in North and Central America, and Eurasia. The aims of this study were to characterize the gut bacterial diversity, to determine the core bacteriome and to explore the ecological association between these bacteria and bark beetles. A total of five bacterial phyla were identified in the gut of 13 Dendroctonus species; Proteobacteria was the most abundant, followed by Fir ...[more]