MicrobiologyMicrobial EcologyPeer-reviewed
Parasite-induced replacement of host microbiota- Impact of Xenos gadagkari parasitization on the microbiota of Polistes wattii
Deepak Nain, Anjali Rana, Rhitoban Raychoudhury, Ruchira Sen
This study uses 16S rRNA sequencing to show that Xenos gadagkari parasitism replaces and homogenizes the microbiota of Polistes wattii, making it resemble that of strepsipterans.