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Bacterial microbiota protect an invasive bark beetle from a pine defensive compound

BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that some devastating biotic invasions are facilitated by microbial symbionts. The red turpentine beetle (RTB), an innocuous secondary insect attacking weakened trees in North America, has formed an invasive complex with the fungus Leptographium procerum in Chin...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Chihang, Wickham, Jacob D, Chen, Li, Xu, Dandan, Lu, Min, Sun, Jianghua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6064089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30053907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0518-0