Culture-independent analyses of carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) secretion bacterial communities

ABSTRACT In the central plains of North America, the beetle family Silphidae comprised two subfamilies, Silphinae and Nicrophorinae, differentiated by reproductive behaviors. Silphinae, known as carrion beetles, feed on carrion and fly larvae and produce free-living larvae that receive no parental c...

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Main Authors: Carrie J. Pratt, Casey H. Meili, Noha H. Youssef, W. Wyatt Hoback
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01694-23