Exploring Gut Microbial Dynamics and Symbiotic Interaction in Blattella germanica Using Rifampicin

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 7; p. 955
• Main Authors: Cazzaniga, Monica, Domínguez-Santos, Rebeca, Marín-Miret, Jesús, Gil, Rosario, Latorre, Amparo, García-Ferris, Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 03.07.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: adults; Antibiotics; aposymbiont; bacteriocytes; Blattabacterium; Blattella germanica; Cockroaches; Coprophagy; Diet; endosymbionts; Experiments; Feces; gut microbiota; Hindgut; Insects; Intestinal microflora; intestinal microorganisms; Males; Metabolism; Metabolites; Microbiota; Nitrogen; nitrogen metabolism; Physiology; rifampicin; Rifampin; Symbionts; symbiosis; Spain; rifampicin; aposymbiont; Blattabacterium; Blattella germanica; symbiosis; gut microbiota

Blattella germanica harbours two cohabiting symbiotic systems: an obligate endosymbiont, Blattabacterium, located inside bacteriocytes and vertically transmitted, which is key in nitrogen metabolism, and abundant and complex gut microbiota acquired horizontally (mainly by coprophagy) that must play...