The gastric caeca of pentatomids as a house for actinomycetes Full Text
BMC Microbiology, 06/12/2012
Zucchi TD et al. – Many phylotypes shared a low 16 S rRNA gene similarity with their closest type strains and formed new phyletic lines on the periphery of several genera. This is a strong indicative that stinkbug caeca can harbor new species of actinobacteria, which might be derived from specific associations with the species of stinkbugs studied. Although the well–known role of actinobacteria as a source of biomolecules, the ecological features of these symbionts on the stinkbugs biology remain unknown.
