For over 300 million years, insects have relied on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and
defence. However, it is unclear whether specific ecological conditions have repeatedly …

The move from a free-living environment to a long-term residence inside a host eukaryotic
cell has profound effects on bacterial function. While endosymbioses are found in many …

Bacteriocytes are host cells specialized to harbor symbionts in certain insect taxa. The
adaptation, development, and evolution of bacteriocytes underlie insect symbiosis …

Symbioses with microbes play a pivotal role in the evolutionary success of insects, and can
lead to intimate host–symbiont associations. However, how the host maintains a stable …

Hereditary symbioses have the potential to drive transgenerational effects, yet the
mechanisms responsible for transmission of heritable plant symbionts are still poorly …

The evolutionary success of sap-feeding hemipteran insects in the suborder
Auchenorrhyncha was enabled by nutritional contributions from their heritable …

Syntrophic cooperation among prokaryotes is ubiquitous and diverse. It relies on unilateral
or mutual aid that may be both catalytic and metabolic in nature. Hypotheses of eukaryotic …

Nutritional symbionts influence host reproduction, but the underlying molecular mechanisms
are largely unclear. We previously found that the bacteriocyte symbiont Hamiltonella impacts …

Diverse insects are obligatorily associated with microbial symbionts, wherein the host often
develops special symbiotic organs and vertically transmits the symbiont to the next …

Symbiotic systems vary in the degree to which the partners are bound to each other 1. At
one extreme, there are intracellular endosymbionts in mutually obligate relationships with …