Cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni Hübner) labial glands contain unique bacterial flora in contrast with their alimentary canal, mandibular glands, and Malpighian tubules

Abstract In recent years, several studies have examined the gut microbiome of lepidopteran larvae and how factors such as host plant affect it, and in turn, how gut bacteria affect host plant responses to herbivory. In addition, other studies have detailed how secretions of the labial (salivary) gla...

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Main Authors: Susan D. Lawrence, Nicole G. Novak, Jonathan Shao, Saikat Kumar B. Ghosh, Michael B. Blackburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.994