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Symbiotic microbes aid host adaptation by metabolizing a deterrent host pine carbohydrate d-pinitol in a beetle-fungus invasive complex

The red turpentine beetle (RTB) is one of the most destructive invasive pests in China and solely consumes pine phloem containing high amounts of d-pinitol. Previous studies reported that d-pinitol exhibits deterrent effects on insects. However, it remains unknown how insects overcome d-pinitol duri...

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Autores principales: Liu, Fanghua, Ye, Fangyuan, Cheng, Chihang, Kang, Zhiwei, Kou, Hongru, Sun, Jianghua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9788770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36563163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add5051