Identification of cultivable bacteria in the intestinal tract of Bactrocera d…

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the cultivable bacteria inhabiting the intestinal tract of adult oriental fruit flies (Bactrocera dorsalis) from laboratory-reared, laboratory sterile sugar-reared, and field-collected populations, and to evaluate the attractiveness of the metabolites produced by the above bacteria to their hosts. RESULTS: Fifteen bacterial isolates chosen from the thre…