Thermal sensitivity of the Spiroplasma-Drosophila hydei protective symbiosis: The best of climes, the worst of climes.
C. Corbin, J. E. Jones, E. Chrostek, A. Fenton, G. D. D. Hurst
This study examines how temperature affects the protective symbiosis between Spiroplasma and Drosophila hydei, finding that protection fails at 18°C while vertical transmission remains robust.
bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2020Ecology