*Department of Microbiology, Abeda Inamdar Senior College, Pune-411 001.
**Department of Zoology, Fergusson College, Pune-411 004.
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Pune.
Gut of dung beetle (Heliocopris gigas) showed presence of yeast and several bacterial colonies and found to be rich in bacteria belonging to orders Clostridialles, Lactobacillales, Methylococcales, Pseudomonadales and Rhodospirillales. The microflora establish symbiotic relationship with beetle gut and help it in digestion of cellulose and fibers.
Dung beetles, gut, microflora, Heliocopris gigas
