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Microbial Symbionts of Parasitoids.
Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 Parasitoids depend on other insects for the development of their offspring. Their eggs are laid in or on a host insect that is consumed during juvenile development.
M. Dicke, A. Cusumano, E. Poelman
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Reef-building corals farm and feed on their photosynthetic symbionts
Nature, 2023 Long-term experiments show that corals acquire dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus by feeding on symbiont cells, which provide essential nutrients enabling their success in nutrient-poor waters.
J. Wiedenmann +12 more
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Role of gut symbionts of insect pests: A novel target for insect-pest control
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Insects possess beneficial and nuisance values in the context of the agricultural sector and human life around them. An ensemble of gut symbionts assists insects to adapt to diverse and extreme environments and to occupy every available niche on earth ...
Pravara S. Rupawate +6 more
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bioRxiv, 2021 Outbreaks of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) have decimated millions of hectares of conifer forests in Europe in recent years. The ability of these 3-6 mm long insects to kill mature trees over a short period has been ascribed to two ...
Dineshkumar Kandasamy +7 more
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Differences in microbiota between two multilocus lineages of the sugarcane Aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) in the continental United States [PDF]
, 2020 The sugarcane aphid (SCA), Melanaphis Sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), has been considered an invasive pest of sugarcane in the continental United States since 1977. Then, in 2013, SCA abruptly became a serious pest of U.S.
Antwi, Josephine B. +11 more
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The Metabolic Building Blocks of a Minimal Cell
Biology, 2020 Defining the essential gene components for a system to be considered alive is a crucial step toward the synthesis of artificial life. Fifteen years ago, Gil and coworkers proposed the core of a putative minimal bacterial genome, which would provide the ...
Mariana Reyes-Prieto +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 It has been previously shown that RskA, the anti-Sigma factor K of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, inhibits SigK and that mutations in RskA promote high expression of the SigK regulon.
Frédéric J. Veyrier +11 more
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Diversity, 2021 Crabs are important ecosystem engineers in marine habitats worldwide. Based on long-term data, we analyzed the species composition and infestation indices of epibionts and symbionts colonizing the great spider crab, Hyas araneus, and two lithodid crabs ...
Alexander G. Dvoretsky +1 more
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Symbionts shape host innate immunity in honeybees
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2020 The gut microbiome plays a critical role in the health of many animals. Honeybees are no exception, as they host a core microbiome that affects their nutrition and immune function.
Richard D. Horak, S. Leonard, N. Moran
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Functional roles of microbial symbionts in plant cold tolerance.
Ecology Letters, 2020 In this review, we examine the functional roles of microbial symbionts in plant tolerance to cold and freezing stresses. The impacts of symbionts on antioxidant activity, hormonal signaling and host osmotic balance are described, including the effects of
Ian S. Acuña‐Rodríguez +4 more
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