The insect's microbiota is well acknowledged as a “hidden” player influencing essential
insect traits. The gut microbiome of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) has been shown to …

Abstract Urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5. 1.5) is a nickel-containing enzyme produced
by plants, fungi, and bacteria that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and …

Box 9E. 1 Continued FIGURE 2. The C–S–R triangle model (Grime 1979). The strategies at
the three corners are C, competiti-winning species; S, stress-tolerating s-cies; R …

Chitin is one of the most important biopolymers in nature. It is mainly produced by fungi,
arthropods and nematodes. In insects, it functions as scaffold material, supporting the …

Aphids are amongst the most damaging pests of plants that use their stylets to penetrate the
plant tissue to consume large amounts of phloem sap and thus deprive the plant of …

The importance of nickel enzymes, where nickel serves as an essential cofactor, in Archaea,
bacteria, plants, and primitive eukaryotes, is well documented. 1 Despite the fact that no …

Lectins are carbohydrate binding (glyco) proteins which are ubiquitous in nature. In plants,
they are distributed in various families and hence ingested daily in appreciable amounts by …

Urease, a nickel-dependent metalloenzyme, is synthesized by plants, some bacteria, and
fungi. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. Although the …

Background Plants are hotbeds for parasites such as arthropod herbivores, which acquire
nutrients and energy from their hosts in order to grow and reproduce. Hence plants are …

Entomopathogenic fungi are both a feasible system for the control of insect pests in
agriculture with a growing market and an important model for studies of host-pathogen …