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. 2012 Jul 27;7(7):e41893. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041893

Figure 1. The lizard beetle Doubledaya bucculenta, the host bamboo Pleioblastus simonii, and the associated yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus.

Figure 1

(A) An adult female of D. bucculenta. (B) An oviposition mark of D. bucculenta. An outside view of an oviposited dead bamboo culm is shown. (C) A cross section of an oviposited dead bamboo culm. The oviposition hole is wider outside and narrower inside. (D) A larva of D. bucculenta feeding on fungal layer on the inner surface of the bamboo internode. Arrows indicate the fungal layer. (E) The inner wall of the bamboo internode without oviposition mark. Arrowheads indicate pith tissues of the bamboo. (F) Yeast colonies isolated from D. bucculenta on a potato dextrose agar plate. (G) A light microscopic image of budding yeast cells obtained from D. bucculenta.