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Influence of native and exotic plant diet on the gut microbiome of the Gray's Malayan stick insect, Lonchodes brevipes

Herbivorous insects require an active lignocellulolytic microbiome to process their diet. Stick insects (phasmids) are common in the tropics and display a cosmopolitan host plant feeding preference. The microbiomes of social insects are vertically transmitted to offspring, while for solitary species...

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Autores principales: Lim, Yan Zhen, Poh, Yan Hong, Lee, Kevin C., Pointing, Stephen Brian, Wainwright, Benjamin J., Tan, Eunice Jingmei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10412900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577436
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199187