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. 2017 Feb 28;8:291. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00291

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Gut anatomy of larvae and adults of Melolontha hippocastani. (A) L3 larval instar living in the soil. (B) Hindgut fermentation chamber. White arrowheads point to the position of the pockets. (C) Close-up of a hindgut lobe. (D) Whole gut preparation of an L3 larval instar (top image) and an adult beetle (bottom image). The hindgut section used for microscopy and pyrosequencing is between the dashed lines. (E) The fermentation chamber and the pocket position (pointed with arrows). (F) Close-up of the M. melolontha pocket and (G) close-up of the M. hippocastani pocket. Scale bars: green 5 mm., white 100 μm.