Cuticle supplementation and nitrogen recycling by a dual bacterial symbiosis in a family of xylophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)
J. S. T. Kiefer, E. Bauer, G. Okude, T. Fukatsu, M. Kaltenpoth, T. Engl
The paper characterizes a dual bacterial symbiosis in xylophagous beetles, showing how two symbionts complement each other in cuticle synthesis and nitrogen recycling.
bioRxiv · Dec 9, 2022Evolutionary Biology