Gut bacteria facilitate leaf beetles in adapting to dietary specialization by enhancing larval fitness

Abstract Dietary specialization between insect stages can reduce intraspecific food competition. The involvement of gut bacteria and the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon received limited attention. Plagiodera versicolora is a pest harming Salicaceae trees. Here, we confirmed dietary specializat...

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Main Authors: Meiqi Ma, Jing Luo, Xiaotong Chen, Chong Li, Siqun Li, Jianghua Sun, Letian Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-024-00587-5
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