This is a multidisciplinary study that examines the accumulation of heavy metals and gut microbiota
in a water scorpion insect for the first time. Water scorpions can tolerate pollution to a certain extent.
This investigation aimed to reveal some bacterial subspecies with biotechnological importance
included within the gut structures of a water scorpion. The amount and purity of the isolated DNA was
determined fluorometrically with 16s rRNA gene and amplified for use in species determination. The
detected bacterial subspecies were as follows; list of bacteria in Nepa spp. gut microbiota. Additionally,
some heavy metals were detected and evaluated. The correlation of heavy metals and bacteria, which
are biotic elements of gut microbiota, in terms of environmental sustainability in indicator species was
discussed. Indictor hemipterans in wetlands play important roles as ecosystem engineers to improve
self-purification and promote elemental cycling. Therefore, our results will affect future studies about
ecology.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Ecophysiological Profiling of Ignatzschineria larvae Isolated from an Aquatic Insect: pH, Salinity, Thermal, Radiation, and Antibiotic Tolerance Mehmet Bektaş, Figen Orhan, Özlem Bariş Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi
Biotechnological utilization: the potential role of the termite gut symbiotic microbiome Ben Jesuorsemwen Enagbonma, Rorisang Mmushi, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola Symbiosis
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