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Appl Environ Microbiol, February 1998, p. 752-755, Vol. 64, No. 2
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Characterization of the Cricket Hindgut Microbiota with Fluorescently Labeled rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes

Jorge W. Santo Domingo,1,2,* Michael G. Kaufman,3 Michael J. Klug,1,2,3 and James M. Tiedje1,2

Department of Microbiology1 and Center for Microbial Ecology,2 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, and Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, Michigan 490603

Received 14 July 1997/Accepted 4 November 1997

Most cricket hindgut microorganisms (60 to 80%) were detected with a universal fluorescent rRNA-targeted probe and found to be eubacteria. Group-specific probes showed that the hindguts of five different cricket species harbor similar bacterial groups, although in different proportions, and that different diets shifted the structure of the hindgut microbial community. The Bacteroides-Prevotella probe, of the eight eubacterial probes tested, stained the largest percentage of cells in all crickets.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Environmental Biotechnology Section, Bldg. 704-8T, Aiken, SC 29808. Phone: (803) 557-7093. Fax: (803) 557-7223. E-mail: j.santodomingo{at}srs.gov.




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