Dung beetles gut harbour various microorganisms providing benefits to the host as well as to the environment. Experiments were conducted to identify the bacterial diversity associated with gut of the adult dung beetles Onthophagus dama and Oniticellus cinctus through culture dependent as well as culture independent method. Eight culturable bacterial isolates were isolated from the gut of O. cinctus and ten isolates from O. dama. Metagenomics research has been developed over the past decade to elucidate the genomes of the uncultured microorganisms with an aim of understanding microbial ecology. | Gut microflora associated with adult dung beetles Oniticellus cinctus and Onthophagus dama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
