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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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01694-23 |