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Inès Pons

Max Planck Institute for BiologyORCID 0000-0002-5380-5932Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Aftab Mahmood AyasiD· 1 shared Christiane EmmerichiD· 1 shared Christine Henzler· 1 shared Hagay EnaviD· 1 shared Hance Thierry· 1 shared Hassan SalemiD· 1 shared Marleny García-LozanoiD· 1 shared Noël Christine· 1 shared

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Fidelity in co-diversified symbiosis

Inès Pons, Marleny García-Lozano, Christiane Emmerich, Aftab Mahmood Ayas, Christine Henzler, Hagay Enav, Ruth E. Ley, Hassan Salem

This study shows that non-native symbionts can colonize a novel host but with outcomes dependent on genetic relatedness to the native symbiont.

Nature Communications · Feb 12, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

New Insights into the Nature of Symbiotic Associations in Aphids: Initial Steps Involved in Aphid Gut Infection by Serratia symbiotica Bacteria

Pons Inès, Renoz François, Noël Christine, Hance Thierry

This study investigates the infection dynamics of cultivable Serratia symbiotica bacteria in aphids, revealing gut colonization, fitness costs, and environmental transmission.

bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology