The terrestrial isopod microbiome: An all-in-one toolbox for animal-microbe interactions of ecological relevance

Bacterial symbionts represent essential drivers of arthropod ecology and evolution, influencing host traits such as nutrition, reproduction, immunity and speciation. However, the majority of work on arthropod microbiota has been conducted in insects and more studies in non-model species across diffe...

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Main Authors: Didier Bouchon, Martin Zimmer, Jessica Dittmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01472/full