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SUBMITTER: Itoh H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842582 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Itoh Hideomi H Jang Seonghan S Takeshita Kazutaka K Ohbayashi Tsubasa T Ohnishi Naomi N Meng Xian-Ying XY Mitani Yasuo Y Kikuchi Yoshitomo Y
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20191021 45
Despite the omnipresence of specific host-symbiont associations with acquisition of the microbial symbiont from the environment, little is known about how the specificity of the interaction evolved and is maintained. The bean bug <i>Riptortus pedestris</i> acquires a specific bacterial symbiont of the genus <i>Burkholderia</i> from environmental soil and harbors it in midgut crypts. The genus <i>Burkholderia</i> consists of over 100 species, showing ecologically diverse lifestyles, and including ...[more]