It is often taken for granted that all animals host and depend upon a microbiome, yet this has
only been shown for a small proportion of species. We propose that animals span a …

Plants and insects have been co-existing for more than 400 million years, leading to intimate
and complex relationships. Throughout their own evolutionary history, plants and insects …

How complex communities assemble through the animal's life, and how predictable the
process is remains unexplored. Here, we investigate the forces that drive the assembly of …

The term core microbiome describes microbes that are consistently present in a particular
habitat. If the conditions in that habitat are highly variable, core microbes may also be …

Genomic decay is a common feature of intracellular bacteria that have entered into
symbiosis with plant sap-feeding insects. This study of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci and two …

Drosophila suzukii Matsumura is an invasive species of vinegar fly that has become a
prominent pest of berries and other soft-skinned fruits. Unlike most other Drosophila species …

Pest insects lead to excessive agricultural and therefore economical losses on crops
worldwide. These insects have to withstand toxic molecules that are inherent to plant …

Background Ticks are obligate blood feeders transmitting major pathogens worldwide. Over
the past few years, considerable research efforts have focused on the diversity, distribution …

The rapid advances in available transcriptomic and genomic data and our understanding of
the physiology and biochemistry of whitefly–plant interactions have allowed us to gain new …

Associations between microbes and animals are ubiquitous and hosts may benefit from
harbouring microbial communities through improved resource exploitation or resistance to …