Gut Microbiota Is Not Essential for Survival and Development in Blattella germanica, but Affects Uric Acid Storage - Domínguez-Santos, Rebeca; Baixeras, Joaquín; Moya, Andrés; Latorre, Amparo; Gil, Rosario; García-Ferris, Carlos (Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024)
Keywords: Blattabacterium; Blattella germanica; Cockroaches; Complementation; Coprophagy; Digestive system; Embryos; Feces; fitness; Food; Gastrointestinal tract; germ-free; Germfree; gut microbiome; Hatching; Insects; Intestinal microflora; Life cycles; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Molting; Performance evaluation; Phenotypes; Survival; Uric acid; uric acid reservoir; germ-free; gut microbiome; uric acid reservoir; Blattabacterium; Blattella germanica; fitness