Antibiotic-producing symbionts dynamically transition between plant pathogenicity and insect-defensive mutualism

Observations of recent or dynamic transitions between parasitism and mutualism are scarce. Here, Flórezet al. provide evidence that Burkholderia gladiolibacteria can protect the eggs of herbivorous beetles by producing antimicrobial compounds, while retaining their ancestral ability to infect plants...

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Autores principales: Laura V. Flórez, Kirstin Scherlach, Paul Gaube, Claudia Ross, Elisabeth Sitte, Cornelia Hermes, Andre Rodrigues, Christian Hertweck, Martin Kaltenpoth
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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