Xuhao Song, Ting Huang, Xianghui Yan, Mengyuan Zuo, Ying Pan, Hengguo He, Yujie Li, Yuan Zou, Chao Du, Fake Zheng, Tingbang Yang
Pederin, a defensive toxin in Paederus fuscipes, is produced by an uncultured Gram-negative symbiont, which establishes a stable symbiotic relationship with a female host before completion of metamorphosis. However, the transmission process of pederin-producing bacteria (PPB) in P. fuscipes at different life stages remains unknown. Herein, the PPB population dynamics and transcriptome atlas for P. fuscipes development (egg, first-instar larva, second-instar larva, pupa, and newly emerged female and male) were characterised...
September 28, 2023: Medical and Veterinary Entomology