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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zheng L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3759047 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20130101
There can be substantial negative consequences for insects colonizing a resource in the presence of competitors. We hypothesized that bacteria, associated with an oviposition resource and the insect eggs deposited on that resource, serve as a mechanism regulating subsequent insect attraction, colonization, and potentially succession of insect species. We isolated and identified bacterial species associated with insects associated with vertebrate carrion and used these bacteria to measure their i ...[more]