Weevil Carbohydrate Intake Triggers Endosymbiont Proliferation: A Trade-Off between Host Benefit and Endosymbiont Burden
ABSTRACT Nutritional symbioses between insects and intracellular bacteria (endosymbionts) are a major force of adaptation, allowing animals to colonize nutrient-poor ecological niches. Many beetles feeding on tyrosine-poor substrates rely on a surplus of aromatic amino acids produced by bacterial en...
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-04-01
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| Col·lecció: | mBio |
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| Accés en línia: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03333-22 |
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