Physicochemical conditions and microbial activities in the highly alkaline gut of the humus-feeding larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
Lemke T, Stingl U, Egert M, Friedrich MW, Brune A.
Lemke T, et al. Among authors: brune a.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Nov;69(11):6650-8. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6650-6658.2003.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003.
PMID: 14602625
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However, reducing conditions prevailed in the hindgut paunch of all instars (E(h) approximately -100 mV). Both gut compartments possessed a pronounced gut microbiota, with highest numbers in the hindgut, and microbial fermentation products were present in high concentratio …
However, reducing conditions prevailed in the hindgut paunch of all instars (E(h) approximately -100 mV). Both gut compartments possessed …