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Symbiotic bacteria enable insect to use a nutritionally inadequate diet

Animals generally require a dietary supply of various nutrients (vitamins, essential amino acids, etc.) because their biosynthetic capabilities are limited. The capacity of aphids to use plant phloem sap, with low essential amino acid content, has been attributed to their symbiotic bacteria, Buchner...

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Main Authors: Akman Gündüz, E., Douglas, A.E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664372/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19129128
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1476
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