Nutritional interactions in insect-microbial symbioses: aphids and their symbiotic bacteria Buchnera.

@article{Douglas1998NutritionalII,
  title={Nutritional interactions in insect-microbial symbioses: aphids and their symbiotic bacteria Buchnera.},
  author={Angela E. Douglas},
  journal={Annual review of entomology},
  year={1998},
  volume={43},
  pages={
          17-37
        }
}
  • A. Douglas
  • Published 1998
  • Biology
  • Annual review of entomology
Most aphids possess intracellular bacteria of the genus Buchnera. The bacteria are transmitted vertically via the aphid ovary, and the association is obligate for both partners: Bacteria-free aphids grow poorly and produce few or no offspring, and Buchnera are both unknown apart from aphids and apparently unculturable. The symbiosis has a nutritional basis. Specifically, bacterial provisioning of essential amino acids has been demonstrated. Nitrogen recycling, however, is not quantitatively… 
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