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Highly divergent Mollicutes symbionts coexist in the scorpion Androctonus australis.
Journal of basic microbiology - 1 Oct 2018
Elmnasri Khaled, Hamdi Chadlia, Ettoumi Besma, Crotti Elena, Guesmi Amel, Najjari Afef, Doudoumis Vangelis, Boudabous Abdellatif, Daffonchio Daniele, Tsiamis George, Cherif Ameur
Abstract excerpt
Androctonus australis is one of the most ubiquitous and common scorpion species in desert and arid lands from North Africa to India and it has an important ecological role and social impact. The bacterial community associated to this arachnid is unknown and we aimed to dissect its species composition in the gut, gonads, and venom gland. A 16S rRNA gene culture-independent diversity analysis revealed, among six...
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