The role of defensive symbionts in host–parasite coevolution

C Vorburger, SJ Perlman - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the coevolution of hosts and parasites is a long‐standing goal of
evolutionary biology. There is a well‐developed theoretical framework to describe the …

Evolution of animal immunity in the light of beneficial symbioses

NM Gerardo, KL Hoang… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Immune system processes serve as the backbone of animal defences against pathogens
and thus have evolved under strong selection and coevolutionary dynamics. Most …

Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid

L Peng, J Hoban, J Joffe, AH Smith… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Most insects harbour influential, yet non‐essential heritable microbes in their hemocoel.
Communities of these symbionts exhibit low diversity. But their frequent multi‐species nature …

The hemolymph microbiome of insects

F Blow, AE Douglas - Journal of insect physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hemolymph has long been recognized as a key mediator of nutritional and immunological
homeostasis in insects, with the tacit understanding that hemolymph is a hostile environment …

Lactobacillus melliventris promotes hive productivity and immune functionality in Bombus terrestris performance in the greenhouse

Q Yu, Y Liu, S Liu, S Li, Y Zhai, Q Zhang… - Insect …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bumblebees are important pollinators in agricultural ecosystems, but their abundance is
declining globally. There is an urgent need to protect bumblebee health and their pollination …

Defensive symbionts and the evolution of parasitoid host specialization

C Vorburger - Annual Review of Entomology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Insect host–parasitoid interactions abound in nature and are characterized by a high degree
of host specialization. In addition to their behavioral and immune defenses, many host …

An aphid symbiont confers protection against a specialized RNA virus, another increases vulnerability to the same pathogen

CHV Higashi, WL Nichols, G Chevignon… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Insects often harbour heritable symbionts that provide defence against specialized natural
enemies, yet little is known about symbiont protection when hosts face simultaneous threats …

Metacommunity theory for transmission of heritable symbionts within insect communities

JJ Brown, JR Mihaljevic, L Des Marteaux… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial organisms are ubiquitous in nature and often form communities closely associated
with their host, referred to as the microbiome. The microbiome has strong influence on …

Context‐dependent vertical transmission shapes strong endosymbiont community structure in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

DI Rock, AH Smith, J Joffe, A Albertus… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Animal‐associated microbiomes are often comprised of structured, multispecies
communities, with particular microbes showing trends of co‐occurrence or exclusion. Such …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic analysis of advanced geothermal systems (AGS)

AE Malek, BM Adams, E Rossi, HO Schiegg, MO Saar - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Advanced Geothermal Systems (AGS) generate electric power through a closed-
loop circuit, after a working fluid extracts thermal energy from rocks at great depths via …