Insects engage in manifold interactions with bacteria that can shift along the parasitism–
mutualism continuum. However, only a small number of bacterial taxa managed to …

While examples of bacteria benefiting eukaryotes are increasingly documented, studies
examining effects of eukaryote hosts on microbial fitness are rare. Beneficial bacteria are …

Mutualistic symbioses between eukaryotes and beneficial microorganisms of their
microbiome play an essential role in nutrition, protection against disease, and development …

Bacterial symbionts bring a wealth of functions to the associations they participate in, but by
doing so, they endanger the genes and genomes underlying these abilities. When bacterial …

Microbial symbionts often alter the phenotype of their host. Benefits and costs to hosts
depend on many factors, including host genotype, symbiont species and genotype, and …

Direct horizontal transmission of pathogenic and mutualistic symbionts has profound
consequences for host and symbiont fitness alike. While the importance of contact rates for …

Many aspects of an individual's biology derive from its interaction with symbiotic microbes,
which further define many aspects of the ecology and evolution of the host species. The …

Host immune and physical barriers protect against pathogens but also impede the
establishment of essential symbiotic partnerships. To reveal mechanisms by which …

Symbiotic bacteria are important in animal hosts, but have been largely overlooked as they
have proved difficult to culture in the laboratory. Approaches such as comparative genomics …

Symbiodinium is best-known as the photosynthetic symbiont of corals, but some clades are
symbiotic in other organisms or include free-living forms. Identifying similarities and …