CellBioNews · @cellbionews
49 followers · 1118 posts · Server scientificnetwork.deA dual #symbiosis supports #cuticle formation in wood-feeding #beetles.
#bacteria #chitin #Shikimatogenerans #nitrogen
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-dual-symbiosis-cuticle-formation-wood-feeding.html
#symbiosis #cuticle #beetles #bacteria #chitin #shikimatogenerans #nitrogen
Dylan Shropshire · @ShropshireJD
313 followers · 85 posts · Server fediscience.org
#Bostrichidae #beetles have two #symbionts with important functions. One encodes the pathways to produce tyrosine precursors and is presumably involved in #cuticle and #exoskeleton formation. The second recycles urea, synthesizes lysine, and is strictly #evolving with its host. These types of "dual symbioses" have only been described in sap-feeding #Hemiptera.
#Biology #Entomology #Evolution #Bacteria #Coevolution #Genome
#genome #coevolution #bacteria #evolution #entomology #biology #Hemiptera #evolving #exoskeleton #cuticle #symbionts #beetles #bostrichidae