author(s)
Kavipriya J and Sankaraiyah K

abstract
The Paramecops farinosa is a monophagous pest on Calotropis procera. We examined the diversity of the gut microbiota and characterized using both culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. In total, 25 bacterial colonies were characterized based on their morphological, biochemical and molecular characteristics. Out of twenty-five isolates, fifteen isolates were gram-negative, nine isolates were amylase producers, six isolates were Lipase producers and three isolates were cellulase producers. All the 25 isolates were able to produce catalase and ammonia. In total of 25 isolates, 16S rRNA gene sequence of 2 isolates revealed the presence of Pseudomonas sp. (PFI03) and Enterobacter bacterium (PFI07).