Evolutionary Dynamics of Host Organs for Microbial Symbiosis in Tortoise Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Evolutionary Dynamics of Host Organs for Microbial Symbiosis in Tortoise Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

ABSTRACT Diverse insects host specific microbial symbionts that play important roles for their growth, survival, and reproduction. They often develop specialized symbiotic organs for harboring the microbial partners. While such intimate associations tend to be stably maintained over evolutionary tim...

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Main Authors: Kayoko Fukumori, Kohei Oguchi, Hiroshi Ikeda, Tadashi Shinohara, Masahiko Tanahashi, Minoru Moriyama, Ryuichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
tortoise leaf beetle
Cassidinae
symbiotic bacteria
Stammera capleta
symbiotic organ
symbiont loss
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03691-21

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