title: [Study on the Apriona germari(Hope) larvae's intestinal bacterial flora].
abstract: Intestinal flora of 47 Apriona germari(Hope) larvae, collected from fields, had been isolated and identified. The results showed that the predominant bacteria were Staphylococcus. Its viable count was 7.63 +/- 0.21, and the detection rate was 100%. Meanwhile, a strain of cellulose-utilizing bacterium was isolated from the fore-midgut fluid of A. germari larvae with the cellulose-congo red agar medium. The bacterium was tentatively identified as Cellulomonas. The detection rate of the cellulolytic bacterium was 23.40%, and the count was 3.84 +/- 0.54 approximately. Its contribution to the borer's cellulose digestion needs further investigations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Southwest Agriculture University, Chongqing 400716, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D040143:Cellulomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*