BiologyEnvironmental Science

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

H. Feldhaar

2011.10.1ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01318.x

tlooto Summary

Bacterial symbionts play a prominent role in insect nutritional ecology by aiding in digestion of food or providing nutrients that are limited or lacking in the diet.

Abstract

1. Bacterial symbionts play a prominent role in insect nutritional ecology by aiding in digestion of food or providing nutrients that are limited or lacking in the diet. Thereby, endosymbionts open niches to their insect host that would otherwise be unavailable.

Citation format

FELDHAAR, H. Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 2011, 36.