Feeding on living or dead plant material is widespread in insects. Seminal work on termites
and aphids has provided profound insights into the critical nutritional role that microbes play …

The diversity and ecological variety of Holometabola foregrounds a wide array of dynamic
symbiotic relationships with gut-dwelling bacteria. A review of the literature highlights that …

Simple Summary It is increasingly recognized that gut microbiota plays crucial roles in host
health and function. Various ecological and physiological factors influence the structure of …

Gut microbes can impact cognition and behavior, but whether they regulate the division of
labor in animal societies is unknown. We addressed this question using honeybees since …

Termites have long been studied for their symbiotic associations with gut microbes. In the
late nineteenth century, this relationship was poorly understood and captured the interest of …

Mutualistic coevolution can be mediated by vertical transmission of symbionts between host
generations. Termites host complex gut bacterial communities with evolutionary histories …

Social insects are successful animal invaders. Their survival and success, and in some
cases also their impact on invaded ecosystem functioning, is often mediated by symbiosis …

Termites are among the most successful animal groups, accomplishing nutrient acquisition
through long-term associations and enzyme provisioning from microbial symbionts. Fungus …

Lower termites, as well as their sister group, the subsocial wood-feeding cockroach
Cryptocercus, rely on flagellated eukaryotic symbionts in the hindgut to cooperatively digest …

Termites forage on a range of substrates, and it has been suggested that diet shapes the
composition and function of termite gut bacterial communities. Through comparative …