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Fig. 4

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

Fig. 4

Laser confocal fluorescence microscopic images of bacteriomes and symbiotic bacteria of R. dominica. a, b Teneral adult. c, d Pupa. e, f Larva. a, c, e Images of dissected bacteriomes. b, d, f Enlarged images of bacteriocytes whose cytoplasm is full of symbiotic bacteria. Symbiont 16S rRNA is visualized by fluorescence in situ hybridization in red. DNA is counterstained in blue

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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