Diet breadth and exploitation of exotic plants shift the core microbiome of Cephaloleia, a group of tropical herbivorous beetles

The beetle genus Cephaloleia has evolved in association with tropical ginger plants and for many species their specific host plant associations are known. Here we show that the core microbiome of six closely related Costa Rican Cephaloleia species comprises only eight bacterial groups, including mem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Blankenchip, Chelsea L., Michels, Dana E., Braker, H. Elizabeth, Goffredi, Shana K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
Materias:
Biodiversity
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29785353
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4793

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29785353
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4793

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