Pseudomonas melophthora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria
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Phylum: | Pseudomonadota
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Class: | Gammaproteobacteria
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Order: | Pseudomonadales
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Family: | Pseudomonadaceae
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Genus: | Pseudomonas
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Species: | "P. melophthora"
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Binomial name | |
"Pseudomonas melophthora" Allen and Riker 1932
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The bacterial species "Pseudomonas melophthora", can be found in the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella.[1][2] This can be considered a form of symbiosis as, amongst other things, the bacteria has the ability to degrade insecticides and so offers a form of protection to the apple maggot.