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. 2014 Jul 15;5:349. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00349

Table 1.

Summary of bacterial 16S rRNA clone library results for all individuals.

Subfamily % Erwinia % Enterobacteraceaea % Unk/other # of clones
PENTATOMINAE
Sibaria englemanni
   Adult 84 16 38
   Adult 90 10 48
   Adult 98 2 46
   Adult 88 12 24
   Nymph (5th instar) 92 8 13
   Nymph (5th instar) 98 2 45
   Nymph (5th instar) 98 2 44
   Nymph (1st instar) 98 2b 45
   Egg 94 6c 31
Mormidea collaris
   Adult 90 10 31
Mormidea aff. ypsilon
   Adult 89 11 28
Euschistus sp.
   Adult 84 16 44
Arvelius porrectispinus
   Adult 78 22d 18
Loxa sp.
   Adult 86 14 44
EDESSINAE
Edessa n. sp. 1
   Adult female 100 40
   Adult male 100 43
   Nymph (5th instar) 97 3 29
   Nymph (3rd instar) 100 27
   Egg 98 2 48
Edessa bugabensis
   Adult 100 27
   Adult 100 26
Edessa jugata
   Adult 100 31
Edessa aff. irrorata
   Adult 100 27
   Adult 100 29
Edessa junix
   Adult 97 3 28
Edessa eburatula
   Adult 100 24
DISCOCEPHALINAE
Antiteuchus costaricensis
   Adult 100 20
   Adult 100 19
a

This is a novel lineage within the Enterobacteriaceae, most related to other Heteropteran symbionts.

b

Pseudomonadales and Lactobacillales.

c

Burkholderiales.

d

Spiroplasma (Mollicutes).