Nurcan Albayrak İskender^1.2* , Yaşar Aksu³, Ömer Faruk Algur⁴, Ayşegül Saral¹

¹Health School, Artvin Coruh University, 08000. Artvin, Turkey

²Science-Technology Research and Application Center, 0800, Artvin, Turkey

³Artvin Regional Forestry Management, 08000, Artvin, Turkey

⁴Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Atatürk Universit, 25200, Erzurum, Turkey

Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) is the most important insect pest of chestnut. In this study, we identified 4 bacteria isolates from D.kuriphilus coolected in chestnut, in Turkey. According to their morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular properties, the isolates were identified as Staphylococcus saprophyticus (Dk 1), Paenibacillus sp. (Dk2, Dk4) and Pseudomonas flourescens (Dk3). In the future, their biological control properties will be investtigated. This is the first study on the bacterial flora of D.kuriphilus. 

Yayın yeri: Albayrak, İskender, N.; Aksu, Y.; Algur Faruk,Ö.; Saral,A.; Isolation and identification of bacteria from Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). 5th International Participated Entomopathogens and Microbial Control Congress9-11 September, Page:28 Ankara, TÜRKİYE, 2015 http://emc 2015 agri.Ankara.edu.tr.