Changes in Endosymbiont Complexity Drive Host-Level Compensatory Adaptations in Cicadas

ABSTRACT For insects that depend on one or more bacterial endosymbionts for survival, it is critical that these bacteria are faithfully transmitted between insect generations. Cicadas harbor two essential bacterial endosymbionts, “Candidatus Sulcia muelleri” and “Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola.” In...

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Auteurs principaux: Matthew A. Campbell, Piotr Łukasik, Mariah C. Meyer, Mark Buckner, Chris Simon, Claudio Veloso, Anna Michalik, John P. McCutcheon
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Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/c119c278b7b04cc4aa85d11c05c58dfb
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