Bacterial symbiosis in Bactrocera oleae, an Achilles’ heel for its pest control
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DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12835
Abstract: Investigations on microbial symbioses in Tephritidae have increased over the past 30 years owing to the potential use of these relationships in developing new control strategies for economically important fruit flies. Bactrocera oleae (Rossi)—the olive… read more here.
Keywords: bactrocera oleae; bacterial symbiosis; control; symbiosis bactrocera ... See more keywords
At the Gate of Mutualism: Identification of Genomic Traits Predisposing to Insect-Bacterial Symbiosis in Pathogenic Strains of the Aphid Symbiont Serratia symbiotica
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.660007
Abstract: Mutualistic associations between insects and heritable bacterial symbionts are ubiquitous in nature. The aphid symbiont Serratia symbiotica is a valuable candidate for studying the evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects because it includes a wide… read more here.
Keywords: insects; symbiont serratia; bacterial symbiosis; aphid symbiont ... See more keywords