Background: Insects are associated with microorganisms that contribute to the digestion and processing of nutrients. The European Corn Borer (ECB) is a moth present world-wide, causing severe economical damage as a pest ...
[EN] Intracellular bacterial supply of essential amino acids is common among sap-feeding
insects, thus complementing the scarcity of nitrogenous compounds in plant phloem.
This is also the role of the two mealybug ...
Llorens, Carlos; Futami, Ricardo; Covelli, Laura; Domínguez-Escriba, Laura; Viu, Jose M.; Tamarit, Daniel; Aguilar-Rodríguez, Jose; Vicente Ripollés, Miguel; Fuster, Gonzalo; Bernet, Guillermo P; Maumus, Florian; Munoz-Pomer, Alfonso; Sempere Luna, José María; Latorre, Amparo; Moya, Andres(Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy C - Option B, 2011)
This article introduces the second release of the Gypsy Database of Mobile Genetic Elements (GyDB 2.0): a research project devoted to the evolutionary dynamics of viruses and transposable elements based on their phylogenetic ...