Microbiome symbionts and diet diversity incur costs on the immune system of insect larvae
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DOI: 10.1242/jeb.169227
Abstract: ABSTRACT Communities of symbiotic microorganisms that colonize the gastrointestinal tract play an important role in food digestion and protection against opportunistic microbes. Diet diversity increases the number of symbionts in the intestines, a benefit that… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; amp genes; diet diversity; microbiome symbionts ... See more keywords