Communities of symbiotic microorganisms that colonize the gastrointestinal tract play an
important role in food digestion and protection against opportunistic microbes. Diet diversity …

Lepidopteran insects are one of the most widespread and speciose lineages on Earth, with
many common pests and beneficial insect species. The evolutionary success of their …

Background The gut of most insects harbours nonpathogenic microorganisms. Recent work
suggests that gut microbiota not only provide nutrients, but also involve in the development …

The insect's microbiota is well acknowledged as a “hidden” player influencing essential
insect traits. The gut microbiome of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) has been shown to …

Bacterial gut symbionts of insect herbivores can impact their host through different
mechanisms. However, in most lepidopteran systems we lack experimental examples to …

Symbioses between insects and microbes are ubiquitous, but vary greatly in terms of
function, transmission mechanism, and location in the insect. Lepidoptera (butterflies and …

Insect guts present distinctive environments for microbial colonization, and bacteria in the
gut potentially provide many beneficial services to their hosts. Insects display a wide range …

Insects and mammals share evolutionary conserved innate immune responses to maintain
intestinal homeostasis. We investigated whether the larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria …

Insects develop efficient antimicrobial strategies to flourish in a bacterial world. It has long
been proposed that native gut microbiota is an important component of host defense; …

Host-associated gut microbiota can have significant impacts on host ecology and evolution
and are often host-specific. Multiple factors can contribute to such host-specificity:(1) host …