Bacteria Contribute to Plant Secondary Compound Degradation in a Generalist Herbivore System

ABSTRACT Herbivores must overcome a variety of plant defenses, including coping with plant secondary compounds (PSCs). To help detoxify these defensive chemicals, several insect herbivores are known to harbor gut microbiota with the metabolic capacity to degrade PSCs. Leaf-cutter ants are generalist...

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Auteurs principaux: Charlotte B. Francoeur, Lily Khadempour, Rolando D. Moreira-Soto, Kirsten Gotting, Adam J. Book, Adrián A. Pinto-Tomás, Ken Keefover-Ring, Cameron R. Currie
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Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/4564bbf117fe4dbaa2002b08dfaa2176
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