Bacterial communities of herbivores and pollinators that have co-evolved Cucurbita spp.
L. R. Shapiro, M. Youngblom, E. D. Scully, J. Rocha, J. N. Paulson, V. Klepac-Ceraj, A. Cibrian-Jaramillo, M. M. Lopez-Uribe
The paper characterizes gut bacterial communities of herbivorous and pollinating insects co-evolved with Cucurbita plants, finding high variability and shared common taxa across species.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2019 · PreprintEcology