The evolutionary success of insects is believed to be at least partially facilitated by symbioses between insects and prokaryotes. Bacterial endosymbionts confer various fitness advantages to their hosts, for example by providing nutrients lacking from the insects’ diet thereby enabling the inhabitation of new ecological niches. The Florida carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus harbours endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus Blochmannia. These primary endosymbionts mainly reside in the cytoplasm of bacteriocytes, specialised cells interspersed into the midgut tissue, but they were also found in oocytes which allows their vertical transmission. The social lifestyle of C. floridanus may facilitate the rapid spread of infections amongst genetically...
Myxomycetes or Myxogastria (supergroup Amoebozoa) are one of several Protistean groups dispersing vi...
Herpesviruses are small pathogenic agents that cause diseases in animals and humans and persist life...
Aging and age-related diseases are becoming more and more important for our society and our health c...
BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS OF BEEWOLVES Symbiotic interactions between different species are ubiquitous...
Microsporidia are a group of parasites that infect a wide range of species, many of which play impor...
The number of fungal infections is rising in Germany and worldwide. These infections are mainly caus...
Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch (anamorph: Fusarium graminear...
Recent progresses and developments in molecular biology provide a wealth of new but insufficiently c...
Maize is susceptible to severe Fe-deficiency symptoms when growing on soils with high pH. Therefore,...
Vertebrate calcified structures are involved in the construction of several tissues e.g. bones, teet...
A continuous arms race between the development of novel antibiotics and the evolution of correspondi...
Highly eusocial insect societies, such as all known ants, are typically characterized by a reproduct...
Aufgrund ihrer vielfältigen Anpassungen in Ökologie und Verhalten stellen die Carnivora eine geeigne...
Die aktive Demethylierung der DNA, die zu einer Reaktivierung stillgelegter Gene führen kann, beschä...
Glycosylation is a biochemical process leading to the formation of glycoconjugates by linking glycan...
Myxomycetes or Myxogastria (supergroup Amoebozoa) are one of several Protistean groups dispersing vi...
Herpesviruses are small pathogenic agents that cause diseases in animals and humans and persist life...
Aging and age-related diseases are becoming more and more important for our society and our health c...
BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS OF BEEWOLVES Symbiotic interactions between different species are ubiquitous...
Microsporidia are a group of parasites that infect a wide range of species, many of which play impor...
The number of fungal infections is rising in Germany and worldwide. These infections are mainly caus...
Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch (anamorph: Fusarium graminear...
Recent progresses and developments in molecular biology provide a wealth of new but insufficiently c...
Maize is susceptible to severe Fe-deficiency symptoms when growing on soils with high pH. Therefore,...
Vertebrate calcified structures are involved in the construction of several tissues e.g. bones, teet...
A continuous arms race between the development of novel antibiotics and the evolution of correspondi...
Highly eusocial insect societies, such as all known ants, are typically characterized by a reproduct...
Aufgrund ihrer vielfältigen Anpassungen in Ökologie und Verhalten stellen die Carnivora eine geeigne...
Die aktive Demethylierung der DNA, die zu einer Reaktivierung stillgelegter Gene führen kann, beschä...
Glycosylation is a biochemical process leading to the formation of glycoconjugates by linking glycan...
Myxomycetes or Myxogastria (supergroup Amoebozoa) are one of several Protistean groups dispersing vi...
Herpesviruses are small pathogenic agents that cause diseases in animals and humans and persist life...
Aging and age-related diseases are becoming more and more important for our society and our health c...