Eating eggplants as a cucurbit feeder: Dietary shifts affect the gut microbiome of the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Eating eggplants as a cucurbit feeder: Dietary shifts affect the gut microbiome of the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Abstract While contemporary changes in feeding preferences have been documented in phytophagous insects, the mechanisms behind these processes remain to be fully clarified. In this context, the insect gut microbiome plays a central role in adaptation to novel host plants. The cucurbit frugivorous fr...

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Main Authors: Wouter Hendrycks, Hélène Delatte, Laura Moquet, Kostas Bourtzis, Nele Mullens, Marc De Meyer, Thierry Backeljau, Massimiliano Virgilio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-08-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
Subjects:
gut microbiota
host shift
plant–insect interactions
Tephritidae
wild populations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1307

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https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1307

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