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Gut bacteria of weevils developing on plant roots under extreme desert conditions
BACKGROUND: Many phytophagous insects, whose diet is generally nitrogen-poor, rely on gut bacteria to compensate for nutritional deficits. Accordingly, we hypothesized that insects in desert environments may evolve associations with gut bacteria to adapt to the extremely low nutrient availability. F...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31888482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1690-5 |