Weevil Carbohydrate Intake Triggers Endosymbiont Proliferation: A Trade-Off between Host Benefit and Endosymbiont Burden-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Weevil Carbohydrate Intake Triggers Endosymbiont Proliferation: A Trade-Off between Host Benefit and Endosymbiont Burden

Published:2023-04-25 Issue:2 Volume:14 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
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Author:

Dell’Aglio Elisa¹^ORCID,Lacotte Virginie¹^ORCID,Peignier Sergio¹^ORCID,Rahioui Isabelle¹,Benzaoui Fadéla¹,Vallier Agnès¹,Da Silva Pedro¹,Desouhant Emmanuel²^ORCID,Heddi Abdelaziz¹^ORCID,Rebollo Rita¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Université Lyon, INRAE, INSA-Lyon, BF2I, UMR 203, Villeurbanne, France

2. Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR5558, Université Lyon 1, Université Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Abstract

Beetles thriving on tyrosine-poor diet sources often develop mutualistic associations with endosymbionts able to synthesize aromatic amino acids. This surplus of aromatic amino acids is used to reinforce the insect’s protective cuticle.

Funder

Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mbio.03333-22

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