The physiological dependence of animals on dietary intake of vitamins, amino acids, and
fatty acids is ubiquitous. Sharp differences in the availability of these vital dietary …

To understand insect abundance, distribution and dynamics, we need to understand the
relevant drivers of their populations and communities. While microbial symbionts are known …

The use of insecticides remains important in managing pest insects. Over the years, many
insects manifested physiological and behavioral modifications resulting in reduced efficacy …

Endosymbioses between bacteria and eukaryotes are enormously important in ecology and
evolution, and as such are intensely studied. Despite this, the range of investigated hosts is …

Arsenophonus is a widespread insect symbiont with life strategies that vary from parasitism
to obligate mutualism. In insects living exclusively on vertebrate blood, mutualistic …

Bats are notorious reservoirs of several zoonotic diseases and may be uniquely tolerant of
infection among mammals. Broad sampling has revealed the importance of bats in the …

Symbioses with microbes play a pivotal role in the evolutionary success of insects, and can
lead to intimate host–symbiont associations. However, how the host maintains a stable …

The relationship among bats, ectoparasites and associated microorganisms is important to
investigate how humans can become exposed to zoonotic agents. Even though the diversity …

In the family of fruit bats, Pteropodidae Gray, 1821, as in the third most diverse group of bats
(Chiroptera), the bacterium of the genus Bartonella was detected in several species as well …

How plant-associated microbiota are shaped by, and potentially contribute to, the unique
ecology and heterotrophic life history of parasitic plants is relatively unknown. Here, we …