Metabolic Cost of a Nutritional Symbiont Manifests in Delayed Reproduction in a Grain Pest Beetle

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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Main Authors: Tobias Engl, Thorsten H. P. Schmidt, Sthandiwe Nomthandazo Kanyile, Dagmar Klebsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
bacteroidetes
cuticle synthesis
metabolic and fitness cost
Oryzaephilus surinamensis
sawtoothed grain beetle
symbiosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/10/717

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