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From: Novel bacteriocyte-associated pleomorphic symbiont of the grain pest beetle Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

Fig. 3

Localization of bacteriomes in adults, pupae and larvae of R. dominica. a–d Teneral adults. e–h Pupae. i–l Larvae. a, e, i Live insect images. b, f, j Bright field images of fixed and dissected insects subjected to whole-mount in situ hybridization specifically targeting the symbiont 16S rRNA. c, g, k Epifluorescence dissection microscopic images of the same insect samples as b, f and j, in which a pair of bacteriomes in the abdomen are visualized in red. d, h, l Merged images

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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