METABOLIC SYMBIOSIS. “Insects that feed exclusively on nutritionally limited or persistent food sources, such as plant phloem sap, vertebrate blood, or woody materials, commonly possess symbiotic microorganisms in their guts. Symbiotic microbes are essential for host survival and reproduction and play pivotal roles in host metabolism, such as providing essential nutrients and digesting food materials.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022