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Fig. 6

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

Fig. 6

Localization of symbiotic bacteria in egg and embryo of R. dominica. a An egg, in which scattered symbiont signals are visible. b An enlarged image of the symbiont signals. c A late embryo, in which a pair of bacteriomes is already formed in the abdomen. d An enlarged image of the embryonic bacteriome. Symbiont 16S rRNA is visualized by fluorescence in situ hybridization in red, while DNA is counterstained in blue

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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