Acetic acid bacteria as symbionts of insects

E Crotti, B Chouaia, A Alma, G Favia, C Bandi… - Acetic acid bacteria …, 2016 - Springer
Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are being increasingly described as associating with different
insect species that rely on sugar-based diets. AAB have been found in several insect orders …

Tephritidae fruit fly gut microbiome diversity, function and potential for applications

MF Raza, Z Yao, S Bai, Z Cai, H Zhang - Bulletin of Entomological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The family Tephritidae (order: Diptera), commonly known as fruit flies, comprises a widely
distributed group of agricultural pests. The tephritid pests infest multiple species of fruits and …

Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila

MA Hanson, L Grollmus, B Lemaitre - Science, 2023 - science.org
Antimicrobial peptides are host-encoded immune effectors that combat pathogens and
shape the microbiome in plants and animals. However, little is known about how the host …

[图书][B] Insect symbiosis

K Bourtzis, TA Miller - 2003 - taylorfrancis.com
Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic
organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge …

Symbiotic bacteria enable olive fly larvae to overcome host defences

M Ben-Yosef, Z Pasternak… - Royal Society open …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ripe fruit offer readily available nutrients for many animals, including fruit fly larvae (Diptera:
Tephritidae) and their associated rot-inducing bacteria. Yet, during most of their ontogeny …

Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa

A Oren, GM Garrity, CT Parker, M Chuvochina… - 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
We here present annotated lists of names of Candidatus taxa of prokaryotes with ranks
between subspecies and class, proposed between the mid-1990s, when the provisional …

The microbiome of field-caught and laboratory-adapted Australian tephritid fruit fly species with different host plant use and specialisation

JL Morrow, M Frommer, DCA Shearman, M Riegler - Microbial ecology, 2015 - Springer
Tephritid fruit fly species display a diversity of host plant specialisation on a scale from
monophagy to polyphagy. Furthermore, while some species prefer ripening fruit, a few are …

Give us the tools and we will do the job: symbiotic bacteria affect olive fly fitness in a diet-dependent fashion

M Ben-Yosef, Y Aharon… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Olive flies (Bactrocera oleae) are intimately associated with bacteria throughout their life
cycle, and both larvae and adults are morphologically adapted for housing bacteria in the …

Acetobacter tropicalis Is a Major Symbiont of the Olive Fruit Fly (Bactrocera oleae)

I Kounatidis, E Crotti, P Sapountzis… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Following cultivation-dependent and-independent techniques, we investigated the
microbiota associated with Bactrocera oleae, one of the major agricultural pests in olive …

Multiple origins of endosymbiosis within the Enterobacteriaceae (γ-Proteobacteria): convergence of complex phylogenetic approaches

F Husník, T Chrudimský, V Hypša - BMC biology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background The bacterial family Enterobacteriaceae gave rise to a variety of
symbiotic forms, from the loosely associated commensals, often designated as secondary …