Forest microbiome: diversity, complexity and dynamics

P Baldrian - FEMS Microbiology reviews, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

The gut microbiota of insects–diversity in structure and function

P Engel, NA Moran - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
Insect guts present distinctive environments for microbial colonization, and bacteria in the
gut potentially provide many beneficial services to their hosts. Insects display a wide range …

Bacterial Communities of Diverse Drosophila Species: Ecological Context of a Host–Microbe Model System

JA Chandler, J Morgan Lang, S Bhatnagar… - PLoS …, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Drosophila melanogaster is emerging as an important model of non-pathogenic host–
microbe interactions. The genetic and experimental tractability of Drosophila has led to …

Do diet and taxonomy influence insect gut bacterial communities?

DR Colman, EC Toolson… - Molecular …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many insects contain diverse gut microbial communities. While several studies have focused
on a single or small group of species, comparative studies of phylogenetically diverse hosts …

The emerging role for bacteria in lignin degradation and bio-product formation

TDH Bugg, M Ahmad, EM Hardiman, R Singh - Current opinion in …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The microbial degradation of lignin has been well studied in white-rot and brown-rot fungi,
but is much less well studied in bacteria. Recent published work suggests that a range of …

Worlds within worlds: evolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota

RE Ley, CA Lozupone, M Hamady, R Knight… - Nature Reviews …, 2008‏ - nature.com
In this Analysis we use published 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences to compare the
bacterial assemblages that are associated with humans and other mammals, metazoa and …

Managing invasive populations of Asian longhorned beetle and citrus longhorned beetle: a worldwide perspective

RA Haack, F Hérard, J Sun… - Annual review of …, 2010‏ - annualreviews.org
The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky), and citrus
longhorned beetle (CLB), Anoplophora chinensis (Forster)(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), are …

Cellulolytic systems in insects

H Watanabe, G Tokuda - Annual review of entomology, 2010‏ - annualreviews.org
Despite the presence of many carbohydrolytic activities in insects, their cellulolytic
mechanisms are poorly understood. Whereas cellulase genes are absent from the genomes …

Species divergence and the measurement of microbial diversity

CA Lozupone, R Knight - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2008‏ - academic.oup.com
Diversity measurement is important for understanding community structure and dynamics,
but has been particularly challenging for microorganisms. Microbial community …

Lignin degradation in wood-feeding insects

SM Geib, TR Filley, PG Hatcher, K Hoover… - Proceedings of the …, 2008‏ - pnas.org
The aromatic polymer lignin protects plants from most forms of microbial attack. Despite the
fact that a significant fraction of all lignocellulose degraded passes through arthropod guts …