Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-) aquatic reed beetles

Published in Nature Communications, 2020

Recommended citation: Frank Reis, Roy Kirsch, Yannick Pauchet, Eugen Bauer, Lisa Carolin Bilz, Kayoko Fukumori, Takema Fukatsu, Gregor Kölsch, and Martin Kaltenpoth. (2020). "Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-) aquatic reed beetles." Nature Communications. 11(1), 1-15. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16687-7

In this paper, the dual symbiont function of amino acid provisioning and pectinase activity is analyzed in reed beetles.

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Recommended citation: Frank Reis, Roy Kirsch, Yannick Pauchet, Eugen Bauer, Lisa Carolin Bilz, Kayoko Fukumori, Takema Fukatsu, Gregor Kölsch, and Martin Kaltenpoth: Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-) aquatic reed beetles. Nature Communications 2020 11(1), 1-15.