Gut microbiota in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, provide colonization resistance against larval bacterial pathogens
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3589
Abstract: Abstract Carrion beetles, Nicrophorus vespilloides, are reared on decomposing carrion where larvae are exposed to high populations of carcass‐derived bacteria. Larvae do not become colonized with these bacteria but instead are colonized with the gut… read more here.
Keywords: serratia; colonization resistance; nicrophorus vespilloides; colonization ... See more keywords
Myotropic activity and immunolocalization of selected neuropeptides of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
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DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12569
Abstract: Burying beetles (Nicrophorus sp.) are necrophagous insects with developed parental care. Genome of Nicrophorus vespilloides has been recently sequenced, which makes them interesting model organism in behavioral ecology. However, we know very little about their… read more here.
Keywords: nicve mip; nicrophorus vespilloides; nicve snpf; mol ... See more keywords