FIG. 4.

T-RFLP profiles of bacterial 16S rRNA genes amplified from DNA extracts of the midgut and hindgut of P. ephippiata larvae and food soil. MspI was used for restriction digestion. All major T-RFs (≥2% of total peak height; triangles), assignable minor T-RFs (dots), and peaks probably influenced by pseudo-T-RF formation (asterisks) are marked. Assignable phylogenetic groups are given in parentheses with the following abbreviations: AB, Actinobacteria; B, Bacillales; CFB, CFB phylum; C, Clostridiales, LB, Lactobacillales; P, Planctomycetales; βPB, β-Proteobacteria; n.a., not assignable. Boldface T-RFs in the soil profiles indicate major T-RFs without a corresponding major T-RF in the gut profiles.