Arsenophonus symbiosis with louse flies: multiple origins, coevolutionary dynamics, and metabolic significance
ABSTRACT Arsenophonus is a widespread insect symbiont with life strategies that vary from parasitism to obligate mutualism. In insects living exclusively on vertebrate blood, mutualistic Arsenophonus strains are presumed to provide B vitamins missing in the insect host diet. Hippoboscidae, obligate...
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-10-01
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| סדרה: | mSystems |
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00706-23 |