Arsenophonus Interacts with Buchnera to Improve Growth Performance of Aphids under Amino Acid Stress

ABSTRACT Amino acids play a crucial role in the growth and development of insects. Aphids cannot ingest enough amino acids in plant phloem to meet their requirements, and therefore, they are mainly dependent on the obligate symbiont Buchnera aphidicola to synthesize essential amino acids. Besides Bu...

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Main Authors: Pan-Pan Tian, Yu-Lin Zhang, Jing-Ling Huang, Wang-Yan Li, Xiang-Dong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01792-23