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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Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-06-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01792-23 |