Evolutionary BiologyISME CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
How does host age and nutrition affect density regulation of obligate versus facultative bacterial symbionts? Insights from the tsetse fly
Mathilda Whittle, Antoine M. G. Barreaux, Lee Rafuse Haines…·Fleur Ponton
This study compares how host age and nutrition affect the density regulation of obligate and facultative bacterial symbionts in tsetse flies, finding that obligate symbionts are more tightly regulated by the host than facultative ones.