Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Bacteria Associated with the Developmental Stage of the Peach Fruit Fly, Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) (original) (raw)

2020, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Bacterial-insects associations including both intracellular and intercellular are very common in nature and known since the last century (Petri, 1909). Associations between them are close and complex ranging from parasitism to mutualism, with a long period of association and co-evolution history (Dillon and Dillon 2004; Dale and Moran, 2006). The bacterial communities in insects mostly reside in the gut, mycetomes, hemocoel and within the cells. The associated bacteria plays an important role in host's nutrition, digestion,