Highlights•Climate change will affect insect through their association with symbiotic
bacteria.•Mutualistic symbionts can determine the thermal tolerance of host insects.•Obligate …

Predicting whether and how organisms will successfully cope with climate change presents
critical questions for biologists and environmental scientists. Models require knowing how …

Highlights•Symbiotic microbes can limit or expand their insect hosts' viable temperature
ranges.•Symbiont-assisted cuticle biosynthesis can improve desiccation resistance.•In some …

Global warming impacts diverse organisms not only directly but also indirectly via other
organisms with which they interact. Recently, the possibility that elevated temperatures …

Temperature influences the ecology and evolution of insects and their symbionts by
impacting each partner independently and their interactions, considering the holobiont as a …

1. Bacterial symbionts play a prominent role in insect nutritional ecology by aiding in
digestion of food or providing nutrients that are limited or lacking in the diet. Thereby …

Insects share an intimate relationship with their gut microflora and this symbiotic association
has developed into an essential evolutionary outcome intended for their survival through …

Settled on the foundations laid by zoologists and embryologists more than a century ago, the
study of symbiosis between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is an expanding field. In this review …

Throughout their evolutionary history, insects have formed multiple relationships with
bacteria. Although many of these bacteria are pathogenic, with deleterious effects on the …

Beneficial microorganisms shape the evolutionary trajectories of their hosts, facilitating or
constraining the colonization of new ecological niches. One convincing example entails the …