Host range of naturally and artificially evolved symbiotic bacteria for a specific host insect

• Published in: mBio Vol. 15; no. 9; p. e0134224
• Main Authors: Sugiyama, Ryuga, Moriyama, Minoru, Koga, Ryuichi, Fukatsu, Takema
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 11.09.2024
• Subjects: Escherichia coli; gut symbiosis; host specificity; Host-Microbial Interactions; Pantoea; Plautia stali; Research Article; stinkbug; stinkbug; Pantoea; gut symbiosis; host specificity; Plautia stali; Escherichia coli

How does host-symbiont specificity emerge at the very beginning of symbiosis? This question is difficult to address because it is generally difficult to directly observe the onset of symbiosis. However, recent development of experimental evolutionary approaches to symbiosis has brought about a break...