| erwinia typographi sp. nov., isolated from bark beetle (ips typographus) gut. | a gram-negative bacterium was isolated from adult bark beetle ips typographus (coleoptera, scolytidae) gut as being the most resistant to monoterpene myrcene (7-methyl-3-methylene-1.6-octadiene, c10h16, concentration up to 10╬╝l/ml of tsb). the beetles were collected in the bark of norway spruce (picea abies) in lithuania. the bark beetles feed on conifers, which produce myrcene among many other defensive compounds. supposedly the microorganisms within the gut could be involved in beetle's resis ... | 2011 | 21669921 |