Insect heritable symbionts have proven to be ubiquitous, based on molecular screening of
various insect lineages. Recently, molecular and experimental approaches have yielded an …

Psyllids, whiteflies, aphids, and mealybugs are members of the suborder Sternorrhyncha
and share a common property, namely the utilization of plant sap as their food source. Each …

A comprehensive compendium on the taxonomy and biology of the 3106 living and fossil
species of the world's termites is presented, along with reviews of Isoptera morphology and …

The chapters of this book are entitled: the evolution of heritable symbionts; cytoplasmic
incompatibility in insects; inherited microorganisms and sex determination of arthropod …

Abstract 'Candidatus Cardinium', a recently described bacterium from the Bacteroidetes
group, is involved in diverse reproduction alterations of its arthropod hosts, including …

Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic
organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge …

Attempts to calibrate bacterial evolution have relied on the assumption that rates of
molecular sequence divergence in bacteria are similar to those of higher eukaryotes, or to …

The traditional view of cellulose digestion in animals is that they cannot produce their own
cellulase, and so rely on gut microorganisms to hydrolyse cellulose. A classic example of …

Nitrogen acquisition and assimilation is a primary concern of insects feeding on diets largely
composed of plant material. Reclaiming nitrogen from waste products provides a rich …

Arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi are obligate endosymbionts that colonize the roots of almost
80% of land plants. This paper describes the employment of a combined morphological and …