Multiple concurrent and convergent stages of genome reduction in bacterial symbionts across a stink bug family
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86574-8
Abstract: Nutritional symbioses between bacteria and insects are prevalent and diverse, allowing insects to expand their feeding strategies and niches. A common consequence of long-term associations is a considerable reduction in symbiont genome size likely influenced… read more here.
Keywords: reduction; stages genome; family; stink bug ... See more keywords