Insect pests cause significant agricultural and economic losses to crops worldwide due to
their destructive activities. Pesticides are designed to be poisonous and are intentionally …

Many animals depend on microbial symbionts to provide nutrition, defence or other services.
Holometabolous insects, as well as other animals that undergo metamorphosis, face unique …

Beneficial associations with bacteria are widespread across animals, spanning a range of
symbiont localizations, transmission routes, and functions. While some of these associations …

Insects are the most diverse group of animals and colonize almost all environments on our
planet. This diversity is reflected in the structure and function of the microbial communities …

Background Microbial acquisition and development of the gut microbiota impact the
establishment of a healthy host-microbes symbiosis. Compared with other animals, the …

Animals with close social relationships often have similar microbiomes. These socially
structured microbiomes can arise through multiple mechanisms that are often difficult to …

Background As a pervasive insect that transmits a variety of pathogens to humans and
animals, the housefly has abundant and diverse microbial communities in its intestines …

Gut microbiota research is an emerging field that improves our understanding of the
ecological and functional dynamics of gut environments. The honey bee gut microbiota is a …

Microbiomes provide a range of benefits to their hosts which can lead to the coevolution of a
joint ecological niche. However, holometabolous insects, some of the most successful …

Termites host diverse communities of gut microbes, including many bacterial lineages only
found in this habitat. The bacteria endemic to termite guts are transmitted via two routes: a …