Host’s demand for essential amino acids is compensated by an extracellular bacterial symbiont in a hemipteran insect model

Plant sap is a nutritionally unbalanced diet that constitutes a challenge for insects that feed exclusively on it. Sap-sucking hemipteran insects generally overcome this challenge by harboring beneficial microorganisms in their specialized symbiotic organ, either intracellularly or extracellularly....

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Main Authors: Minoru Moriyama, Takema Fukatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.1028409/full