Weevil Carbohydrate Intake Triggers Endosymbiont Proliferation: A Trade-Off between Host Benefit and Endosymbiont Burden

Weevil Carbohydrate Intake Triggers Endosymbiont Proliferation: A Trade-Off between Host Benefit and Endosymbiont Burden

ABSTRACT Nutritional symbioses between insects and intracellular bacteria (endosymbionts) are a major force of adaptation, allowing animals to colonize nutrient-poor ecological niches. Many beetles feeding on tyrosine-poor substrates rely on a surplus of aromatic amino acids produced by bacterial en...

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Main Authors: Elisa Dell’Aglio, Virginie Lacotte, Sergio Peignier, Isabelle Rahioui, Fadéla Benzaoui, Agnès Vallier, Pedro Da Silva, Emmanuel Desouhant, Abdelaziz Heddi, Rita Rebollo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-04-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
coevolution
endosymbiosis
species interaction
symbiosis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03333-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03333-22

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