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Microorganisms which produce surfactants were isolated from the gut of a eucalypt-feeding sawfly. It is possible that surfactants in the guts of some defoliators may be microbiologically-produced.
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Ohmart, C.P., Thomas, J.R. & Bubela, B. Surfactant-producing microorganisms isolated from the gut of a Eucalyptus-feeding sawfly, Perga affinis affinis . Oecologia 77, 140–142 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380937
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380937