Insect Microbiome and Immunity

• Other Authors: Zhang, Hongyu (Editor), Li, Xiaoxue (Editor), Wang, Yin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; innate immunity; bacterial infection; Ostrinia furnacalis; PGRPs; grasshopper; gut microbiome; microbial diversity; cellulose digestibility; 16S rRNA; brown planthopper; gut microbiota; fungal entomopathogen; gut immunity; insect microbiota; plant secondary substance; insecticide resistance; detoxifying enzymes; insect immune system; Typhaea stercorea; fungivore; alimentary canal; 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing; bacterial symbionts; Messor orientalis; harvester ants; actinomycetes; plant pathogens; fungicide; Diaphorina citri; host species; 16S rRNA sequencing; metagenomic; feeding habits; KEGG; CAZymes; Ensifera; host gut microbiota; parasitoids; host-parasite-microbe interactions; host regulation; Spodoptera frugiperda; developmental stage; host diet; environmental habitat; actinobacteria; Streptomyces globisporus subsp. globisporus; albomycin; defensive symbiosis; ants; Messor structor; Nub; Bactrocera dorsalis; the antibacterial peptide; gut microbes; IMD pathway
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Insects are the most diverse group of organisms, representing approximately 80 percent of the world's species. It is estimated that there are some ten quintillion individual insects alive. During millions of years of evolution, insects developed extraordinary adaptations that allowed them to re...