Of Cockroaches and Symbionts: Recent Advances in the Characterization of the Relationship between Blattella germanica and Its Dual Symbiotic System

• Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 290
• Main Authors: Latorre, Amparo, Domínguez-Santos, Rebeca, García-Ferris, Carlos, Gil, Rosario
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.02.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial peptides; Bacteria; Blattabacterium; Blattaria; Blattella germanica; Cockroaches; Enzymes; Eukaryotes; Evolution; Fat body; Genomes; gut microbiota; Hindgut; Insects; Microbiota; model insect; Natural environment; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Peptides; Perturbation; Physiology; Review; Symbionts; Symbiosis; systems biology; Termites; Uric acid; Vectors; systems biology; Blattabacterium; symbiosis; resistome; model insect; Blattella germanica; antimicrobial peptides; gut microbiota

Mutualistic stable symbioses are widespread in all groups of eukaryotes, especially in insects, where symbionts have played an essential role in their evolution. Many insects live in obligate relationship with different ecto- and endosymbiotic bacteria, which are needed to maintain their hosts’ fitn...