When Obligate Partners Melt Down
ABSTRACT Insect hosts derive benefits from their obligate symbionts, including nutrient supplementation and the ability to colonize otherwise inhospitable niches. But long-term symbionts sometimes also limit the ecological range of their hosts; in particular, they are often more temperature sensitiv...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-12-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01904-16 |