Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence
of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …

Insects are associated with a plethora of different microbes of which we are only starting to
understand their role in shaping insect–plant interactions. Besides directly benefitting from …

Diverse insects are associated with ancient bacterial symbionts, whose genomes have often
suffered drastic reduction and degeneration. In extreme cases, such symbiont genomes …

Significant progress has been made in the biochemical and genetic characterization of the
host-pathogen interaction mediated by insect pathogenic fungi, with the most widely studied …

Abstract Background Soft scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae), including important agricultural and
forestry pests, are difficult to identify directly by morphological characters. Mitochondrial …

Although comprising~ 80% of the Earth's air, nitrogen (N), in a usable form, is a limited
resource for herbivorous insects. Additionally, much of the consumed dietary N is lost …

The microbial communities associated with plants (the plant microbiome) play critical roles
in regulating plant health and productivity. Because of this, in recent years, there have been …

There have been few reports of complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of scale
insects, and it has been indicated that complex and novel structures in their mitogenomes …

The range of interactions between Cladosporium, a ubiquitous fungal genus, and insects, a
class including about 60% of the animal species, is extremely diverse. The broad case …

The entomopathogenic genus Ophiocordyceps includes a highly diverse group of fungal
species, predominantly parasitizing insects in the orders Coleoptera, Hemiptera …