Microbial bases of herbivory in beetles

M García-Lozano, H Salem - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
The ecological radiation of herbivorous beetles is among the most successful in the animal
kingdom. It coincided with the rise and diversification of flowering plants, requiring beetles to …

Host range of naturally and artificially evolved symbiotic bacteria for a specific host insect

R Sugiyama, M Moriyama, R Koga, T Fukatsu - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Diverse insects are intimately associated with specific symbiotic bacteria, where host and
symbiont are integrated into an almost inseparable biological entity. These symbiotic …

Evolutionary and metabolic consequences of symbiont addition and replacement in Brazilian treehoppers

MK Salazar - 2024 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
Interaction between eukaryotic hosts and their microbial symbionts are ubiquitous and
complex. The endosymbioses observed within Brazilian treehoppers are of key interest …