Potential applications of insect symbionts in biotechnology

Symbiotic interactions between insects and microorganisms are widespread in nature and are often the source of ecological innovations. In addition to supplementing their host with essential nutrients, microbial symbionts can produce enzymes that help degrade their food source as well as small molecu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Berasategui, Aileen, Shukla, Shantanu, Salem, Hassan, Kaltenpoth, Martin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737797/