Some Changes in Gut Bacterial Flora of Field-Grown Peridroma saucia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) When Brought into the Laboratory.
Removal of Peridroma saucia from the field to the laboratory caused little change in the quantity of facultative and aerobic bacteria in the gut but produced significant qualitative and quantitative changes in distinguishable groups of the family Enterobacteriaceae in the gut.
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Ecotoxicology Branch, Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology Program, Environmental Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon 97333.