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Role of symbiotic gut bacteria in the development of Acrosternum hilare and Murgantia histrionica
2009-07-01
Abstract excerpt
The green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say), and the harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) (both Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), are pests of many economically important crops. Although both species have been studied extensively, until recently their relationships with symbiotic gut bacteria have remained unknown. The endosymbionts may be important, as other pentatomomorphan species harbor vertically transmitt...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e49bb6f8-65b6-59ab-bb8b-aea0ef3d7554
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00863.x
