Gut microbes can play an important role in digestion, disease resistance, and the general
health of animals, but little is known about the biology of gut symbionts in Apis mellifera. As …

Many insects are dependent on bacterial symbionts that provide essential nutrients (ex.
aphid–Buchnera and tsetse–Wiglesworthia associations), wherein the symbionts are …

Many insects rely on bacterial symbionts with tiny genomes specialized for provisioning
nutrients lacking in host diets. Xylem sap and phloem sap are both deficient as insect diets …

Many insects are associated with obligate symbiotic bacteria, which are localized in
specialized cells called bacteriocytes, vertically transmitted through host generations via …

Beetles, representing the majority of the insect species diversity, are characterized by thick
and hard cuticle, which plays important roles for their environmental adaptation and …

Microorganisms often live in symbiosis with their hosts, and some are considered mutualists,
where all species involved benefit from the interaction. How free-living microorganisms have …

The thermal tolerance of an organism limits its ecological and geographic ranges and is
potentially affected by dependence on temperature-sensitive symbiotic partners. Aphid …

A possible malaria control approach involves the dissemination in mosquitoes of inherited
symbiotic microbes to block Plasmodium transmission. However, in the Anopheles gambiae …

Many insect groups depend on ancient obligate symbioses with bacteria that undergo long‐
term genomic degradation due to inactivation and loss of ancestral genes. Sap‐feeding …

Many insects depend on obligate mutualistic bacteria to provide essential nutrients lacking
from their diet. Most aphids, whose diet consists of phloem, rely on the bacterial …