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Versatile and Dynamic Symbioses Between Insects and Burkholderia Bacteria
Martin KaltenpothLaura V. Flórezsubject
2. Zero hungerMutualism (biology)0303 health sciencesbiology030306 microbiologyEcologymedia_common.quotation_subjectMicroorganismSegmented filamentous bacteriafungiInsect15. Life on landPathogenicitybiology.organism_classification03 medical and health sciencesBurkholderiaSymbiosisInsect SciencebacteriaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsBacteria030304 developmental biologymedia_commondescription
Symbiotic associations with microorganisms represent major sources of ecological and evolutionary innovations in insects. Multiple insect taxa engage in symbioses with bacteria of the genus Burkholderia, a diverse group that is widespread across different environments and whose members can be mutualistic or pathogenic to plants, fungi, and animals. Burkholderia symbionts provide nutritional benefits and resistance against insecticides to stinkbugs, defend Lagria beetle eggs against pathogenic fungi, and may be involved in nitrogen metabolism in ants. In contrast to many other insect symbioses, the known associations with Burkholderia are characterized by environmental symbiont acquisition or mixed-mode transmission, resulting in interesting ecological and evolutionary dynamics of symbiont strain composition. Insect– Burkholderia symbioses present valuable model systems from which to derive insights into general principles governing symbiotic interactions because they are often experimentally and genetically tractable and span a large fraction of the diversity of functions, localizations, and transmission routes represented in insect symbioses.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-07 | Annual Review of Entomology |