The gut microbiota of insects–diversity in structure and function

P Engel, NA Moran - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2013 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Members of the genus Burkholderia: good and bad guys

L Eberl, P Vandamme - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the 1990s several biocontrol agents on that contained Burkholderia strains were
registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). After risk …

Las habilidades socioemocionales, no cognitivas o “blandas”: aproximaciones a su evaluación

BG Cabrero - Revista Digital Universitaria, 2018 - revista.unam.mx
En el presente artículo se describe un conjunto de habilidades y competencias que han
sido identificadas como habilidades no cognitivas, habilidades del siglo XXI, o habilidades …

Symbiont-mediated insecticide resistance

Y Kikuchi, M Hayatsu, T Hosokawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Development of insecticide resistance has been a serious concern worldwide, whose
mechanisms have been attributed to evolutionary changes in pest insect genomes such as …

The impact of microbial symbionts on host plant utilization by herbivorous insects

AK Hansen, NA Moran - Molecular ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Herbivory, defined as feeding on live plant tissues, is characteristic of highly successful and
diverse groups of insects and represents an evolutionarily derived mode of feeding. Plants …

A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts

M Bright, S Bulgheresi - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2010 - nature.com
The perpetuation of symbioses through host generations relies on symbiont transmission.
Horizontally transmitted symbionts are taken up from the environment anew by each host …

Midgut Microbiota of the Malaria Mosquito Vector Anopheles gambiae and Interactions with Plasmodium falciparum Infection

A Boissière, MT Tchioffo, D Bachar, L Abate… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The susceptibility of Anopheles mosquitoes to Plasmodium infections relies on complex
interactions between the insect vector and the malaria parasite. A number of studies have …

Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist

T Hosokawa, R Koga, Y Kikuchi… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Many insects are dependent on bacterial symbionts that provide essential nutrients (ex.
aphid–Buchnera and tsetse–Wiglesworthia associations), wherein the symbionts are …

Detoxifying symbiosis: microbe-mediated detoxification of phytotoxins and pesticides in insects

H Itoh, K Tago, M Hayatsu, Y Kikuchi - Natural product reports, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2018 Insects live in a world full of toxic compounds such as plant toxins and
manmade pesticides. To overcome the effects of these toxins, herbivorous insects have …

Diversity and occurrence of Burkholderia spp. in the natural environment

S Compant, J Nowak, T Coenye… - FEMS microbiology …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Both in natural and in managed ecosystems, bacteria are common inhabitants of the
phytosphere and the internal tissues of plants. Probably the most diverse and …