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Fig. 9 | BMC Microbiology

Fig. 9

From: Insecticidal and growth inhibitory activity of gut microbes isolated from adults of Spodoptera litura (Fab.)

Fig. 9

Longitudinal section through the midgut of 4th instar S. litura larvae a midgut of larvae fed on control leaf diet showing intact peritrophic membrane (PM), epithelial layers (EL) and muscle layer (ML), b midgut of larvae fed on leaf treated with K. pneumoniae showing lumen (L), peritrophic membrane disruption (PMD), epithelial layers disruption (ELD) and cytoplasmic vacuolation (CV), c midgut of larvae fed on leaf treated with P. paralactis showing cytoplasmic vacuolation (CV), epithelial layers disruption (ELD) and muscle layer disruption (MLD)

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BMC Microbiology

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