- Endosymbiont (section Bacterial obligate endosymbionts in insects)
An endosymbiont is any organism that lives within the body or cells of another … that provide essential nutriments to about 10%–15% of insects. …
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- Candidatus Carsonella ruddii
The species is an endosymbiont that is present in all species of phloem sap-feeding insects known as psyllid s The endosymbionts occurs …
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- Candida (genus)
mammalian hosts, whereas others live as endosymbionts in insect hosts … isolated from Neuroptera and other insects | journal Mycologia | volume …
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- Pederin
It makes up approximately 0.025% of an insects weight (for P. fuscipes). pederin relies on the activities of an endosymbiont (Pseudomonas ssp.) …
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- Streblomastix
A symbiotic eukaryote that lives in the stomach of termite s, and other insects, … bacteria endosymbiont s of rumen ous animals such as the cow . …
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- Chlamydiae
Baumann P | title Novel chlamydiae in whiteflies and scale insects: endosymbionts 'Candidatus Fritschea bemisiae' strain Falk and ' …
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- Bacteriocyte
a specialized adipocyte found in some insect groups such as aphid s, tsetse flies … the mother transmits her endosymbionts to her offspring …
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- Symbiosis
single-celled algae inside reef-building corals , and bacterial endosymbionts that provide essential nutrients to about 10%–15% of insects. …
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- Evolution
where sterile insects feed and guard the small number of organisms … Wolbachia endosymbiont transferred to X chromosome of host insect | journal Proc. …
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- Vincent Wigglesworth
entomologist who made significant contributions to the field of insect physiology . … coherent theory of how an insect's genome can …
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- Candidatus
endosymbionts, insect symbionts, and populations from oceans or sludge. … less, non-helical prokaryotes that colonize plant phloem and insects. …
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- Trophallaxis
theories on the origin of sociality in insects The French psychologist … crucial for replacing the gut endosymbionts that are lost after every molt. …
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- Carpenter ant
Many Camponotus species are also infected with Wolbachia , another endosymbiont that is widespread across insect groups. Habitat …
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- Cockroach
Cockroaches (or simply "roaches") are insect s of the order Blattaria. … shelters with a capacity for 40 insects in each, the insects arranged …
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- Horizontal gene transfer
originated as bacterial endosymbiont s of a progenitor to the eukaryotic cell … transferred to X chromosome of host insect", Proceedings of the …
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- Onchocerciasis
(Onchocerca volvulus) emerging from the insect's antenna. Magnified 100x. … Wolbachia species have been found to be endosymbiont s of O. …
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- Evolutionary history of life (section Social insects)
hydrogen -metabolising endosymbionts, and became oxygen-consumers … Nevertheless social insects have been spectacularly successful; for …
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- Wolbachia
bacteria which infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of insects . … endosymbiont evolution within a human pathogenic …
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- Termite
The termites are a group of social insect s usually classified at the taxonomic … Termitomyces , which are nourished by the excrement of the insects. …
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- Aphid
Britain as greenflies are small plant-eating insect s, and members of the … Hemiptera containing a large group of insects known as the true bugs . …
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