The give and take of host-microbe symbioses

Cell Host Microbe. 2013 Jul 17;14(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.07.001.

Abstract

Studying the association between mealybugs and two bacterial symbionts, Husnik et al. (2013) demonstrated that both integration of metabolic pathways across the partners' genomes and horizontal gene transfer from diverse bacteria into the insect host genome are integral to symbiosis.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / genetics*
  • Betaproteobacteria / genetics*
  • Gene Transfer, Horizontal*
  • Hemiptera / genetics*
  • Hemiptera / microbiology*
  • Symbiosis*