Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms

LV Flórez, PHW Biedermann, T Engl… - Natural Product …, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: through 2014 Many organisms team up with microbes for defense against
predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective …

The natural occurrence of secondary bacterial symbionts in aphids

SE Zytynska, WW Weisser - Ecological Entomology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
1. Many insects host secondary bacterial symbionts that are known to have wide‐ranging
effects on their hosts, from host‐plant use to resistance against natural enemies. This has …

Defensive symbiosis in the real world–advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

KM Oliver, AH Smith, JA Russell - Functional ecology, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Symbiotic microbes have become increasingly recognized to mediate interactions between
natural enemies and their hosts. The ecologies of these symbioses, however, are poorly …

Evolutionary changes in symbiont community structure in ticks

O Duron, F Binetruy, V Noël, J Cremaschi… - Molecular …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecological specialization to restricted diet niches is driven by obligate, and often maternally
inherited, symbionts in many arthropod lineages. These heritable symbionts typically form …

With a little help from my friends: the roles of microbial symbionts in insect populations and communities

P Łukasik, MR Kolasa - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2024‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
To understand insect abundance, distribution and dynamics, we need to understand the
relevant drivers of their populations and communities. While microbial symbionts are known …

Nine facultative endosymbionts in aphids. A review

J Guo, S Hatt, K He, J Chen, F Francis… - Journal of Asia-Pacific …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Aphids are frequently engaged in mutualistic associations with endosymbionts. Symbionts
are bacterial or fungal microorganisms that can be obligate or facultative to aphids …

Patterns, causes and consequences of defensive microbiome dynamics across multiple scales

AH Smith, P Łukasik, MP O'Connor, A Lee… - Molecular …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The microbiome can significantly impact host phenotypes and serve as an additional source
of heritable genetic variation. While patterns across eukaryotes are consistent with a role for …

Protection against a fungal pathogen conferred by the aphid facultative endosymbionts Rickettsia and Spiroplasma is expressed in multiple host genotypes and …

P Łukasik, H Guo, M Van Asch, J Ferrari… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
Many insects harbour facultative endosymbiotic bacteria, often more than one type at a time.
These symbionts can have major effects on their hosts' biology, which may be modulated by …

A facultative endosymbiont in aphids can provide diverse ecological benefits

ER Heyworth, J Ferrari - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Ecologically important traits of insects are often affected by facultative bacterial
endosymbionts. This is best studied in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, which is …

Variations on a protective theme: Hamiltonella defensa infections in aphids variably impact parasitoid success

KM Oliver, CHV Higashi - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Hamiltonella defensa is a bacterial symbiont protecting aphids against
parasitoids.•APSE viruses infect H. defensa and play key roles in the defensive …