Metabolic Cost of a Nutritional Symbiont Manifests in Delayed Reproduction in a Grain Pest Beetle
Animals engage in a plethora of mutualistic interactions with microorganisms that can confer various benefits to their host but can also incur context-dependent costs. The sawtoothed grain beetle <i>Oryzaephilus surinamensis</i> harbors nutritional, intracellular Bacteroidetes bacteria t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Insects |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/10/717 |