The bacterial species "Pseudomonas melophthora", can be found in the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella.[1][2] This can be considered a form of symbiosis as, amongst other things, the bacteria has the ability to degrade insecticides and so offers a form of protection to the apple maggot.
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| Species: | "P. melophthora"
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| "Pseudomonas melophthora" Allen and Riker 1932
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References
edit- ^ Roy J. Baerwald; G. Mallory Boush (1 August 1968). "Demonstration of the bacterial symbiote Pseudomonas melophthora in the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella, by fluorescent-antibody technique". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 11 (2): 251–259. doi:10.1016/0022-2011(68)90158-4.
- ^ Satoru Miyazaki; G. Mallory Boush; Roy J. Baerwald (1 April 1968). "Amino acid synthesis by Pseudomonas melophthora, bacterial symbiote of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera)". Journal of Insect Physiology. 14 (4): 513–518. doi:10.1016/0022-1910(68)90066-8. PMID 5649231.