First report of isolation of opportunistic human pathogenic gut bacteria Staphylococcus cohnii from grubs of Brahmina coriacea (Hope) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) from Himachal Pradesh, India

Staphylococcus cohnii (Schleifer and Kloos) an opportunistic pathogen for humans, is reported for the first time its presence in grubs of Brahmina coriacea (Hope) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). The cellulolytic gut bacteria were isolated from different populations of B. coriacea, collected from different parts of Himachal Pradesh, India. The isolated S. cohnii from the grub population of Shillaroo location recorded maximum cellulolytic index. The isolated bacteria were identified using morphological, biochemical, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing approaches.