Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-)aquatic reed beetles

Autor: Frank Reis, Roy Kirsch, Yannick Pauchet, Eugen Bauer, Lisa Carolin Bilz, Kayoko Fukumori, Takema Fukatsu, Gregor Kölsch, Martin Kaltenpoth
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16687-7
Popis: Symbiotic microbes in insects can enable their hosts to access untapped nutritional resources. Here, the authors show that symbiotic bacteria in reed beetles can provide essential amino acids to sap-feeding larvae and help leaf-feeding adults to degrade pectin, respectively.
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