Evolutionary BiologyISME CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Extracellular symbiont colonizes insect during embryo development
M. A. G. Porras, I. Pons, M. Garcia-Lozano…·H. Salem
This study identifies an extracellular symbiont, Stammera, that colonizes insect embryos before hatching, challenging the notion that extracellular microbes are only acquired post-hatching.
DOI 10.1093/ismeco/ycae005