Pseudomonas melophthora

Pseudomonas melophthora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae
Genus:	Pseudomonas
Species:	"P. melophthora"
Binomial name
	"Pseudomonas melophthora"; Allen and Riker 1932

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.

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.

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[baerwald-1] 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.

[miyazaki-2] 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.

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