Evaluation of cellulose degrading bacteria isolated from the gut-system of cotton bollworm, <i>Helicoverpa armigera</i> and their potential values in biomass conversion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera is a widely distributed, devastating pest of over 200 crop plants that mainly consist of some cellulosic materials. Despite its economic importance as a pest, little is known about the diversity and community structure of gut symbiotic bacteria potentially functioned in cellulose digestion in different gut-sections of H. armigera. In view of this lacuna, we attempted to evaluate and characterize cellulose-degrading bacteria (CDB) from foregut, midgut, and hindgut -regions of H. armigera by using a culture-dependent approach.

Methodology

The symbiotic bacteria were isolated from different gut-systems of H. armigera by enrichment techniques using Carboxymethyl cellulose sodium salt (CMC) as carbon sou

SUBMITTER: Dar MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563024 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature