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Symbiotic Escherichia coli strains can better colonize host stinkbugs and outcompete natural symbiotic bacteria, but confer less fitness benefit.
mBio · 8 July 2026 · Journal Article
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CRISPR RNP-Mediated Transgene-Free Genome Editing in Plants: Advances, Challenges and Future Directions for Tree Species.
Plant, Cell & Environment · 1 Oct 2026 · Review
CRISPR RNP-mediated genome editing achieves transgene-free modifications in woody plants but faces significant delivery and regeneration challenges, especially in species like bamboo.
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The chromosome level genome of the Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp, Hemadas nubilipennis (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) on lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) reveals repeat-driven expansion
bioRxiv · 26 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Feedforward pantothenate/nitrogen exchange reprograms fly metabolism and reinforces microbiota growth
bioRxiv · 25 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Development of microsatellite markers with the SSRseq method on Glossina palpalis gambiensis, and G. p. palpalis, and analysis of corresponding field samples from three sleeping sickness foci: Boffa, Dubreka (Guinea), and Bonon (Cote d'Ivoire).
bioRxiv · 25 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Complex roles for a conserved two-component system in a honey bee symbiosis
bioRxiv · 25 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Cellulose-fueled extracellular electron transfer in termite gut microbes.
Applied and environmental microbiology · 23 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
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Host-structured adult butterfly microbiomes share a common core across continents
bioRxiv · 22 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Defensive symbionts provide high protection against natural enemies at low cost to hosts: a meta-analysis
bioRxiv · 22 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Environmental temperature is a strong driver of subspecies competition in the Drosophila microbiome.
eLife · 18 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
Environmental temperature drives subspecies-level competition among Lactiplantibacillus plantarum clades in Drosophila simulans microbiomes, revealing functional diversification.
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Functional instability and community-level compensatory mechanisms in the anammox system under long-term acetamiprid stress.
Environmental research · 15 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
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Mancozeb exposure induces subtle gut microbiota changes and affects midgut integrity in Brazilian stingless bees Scaptotrigona aff. postica and Tetragonisca angustula.
Environmental pollution · 15 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
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Copper-based nanoparticles trigger fitness decline in parasitoid wasps via gut microbiota-induced fatty acid dysregulation.
Environmental pollution · 15 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
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Core Bacterial and Host Fruit-Specific Yeast Microbiota in a Polyphagous Fly Pest
bioRxiv · 14 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Reproductive isolation and structural variation among sympatric lineages of an international mosquito pest
bioRxiv · 14 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Pervasive and dynamic gut dysbiosis in wild bumble bees
bioRxiv · 9 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Genomic evidence for phylogenetic congruence with sporadic host shifts in leishmaniaviruses and their parasite hosts
bioRxiv · 8 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Colibactin defends honeybees.
Nature Reviews Microbiology · 7 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
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A peptide that binds the Asian citrus psyllid gut reduces transmission of the citrus greening pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus.
Applied and environmental microbiology · 4 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
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Human giant GTPase GVIN1 forms an antimicrobial coatomer around the intracellular bacterial pathogen Burkholderia thailandensis
bioRxiv · 4 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Microbial profiling of Drosophila in French Guiana reveals candidate microbial taxa associated with native and invasive host.
bioRxiv · 3 Sept 2026 · Preprint
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Machine learning interprets genome sequences to map possible microbial symbionts.
Nature Biotechnology · 2 Sept 2026 · Journal Article
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The bacterial march toward symbiosis: on-ramps and off-ramps.
Trends in Microbiology · 1 Sept 2026 · Review
Population genetics models reveal that long-lived hosts have higher probabilities of fixing heritable symbionts, shaping the evolution of host-microbe relationships.
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Autodissemination stations suppress Aedes notoscriptus mosquitoes and reduce Buruli ulcer risk in urban Australia: a randomized controlled field trial.
Nature Microbiology · 1 Sept 2026 · Randomized Controlled Trial
Autodissemination stations reduce Aedes notoscriptus mosquito populations by 70% and lower Buruli ulcer cases by 83% in urban Melbourne, Australia.
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Modeling population control via tunable sex ratio distorter gene drives in Aedes aegypti, an arboviral vector with homomorphic sex chromosomes
bioRxiv · 28 Aug 2026 · Preprint
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An engineered bacterial symbiont maps micron-scale sugar gradients in the honeybee gut
bioRxiv · 25 Aug 2026 · Preprint
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Coupling models of within-human, human-to-mosquito, and within-mosquito malaria parasite dynamics to identify key drivers of malaria transmission
medRxiv · 24 Aug 2026 · Preprint
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WITHDRAWN: A Comprehensive Hybrid Capture Sequencing Platform for Tick-borne Disease Detection Reveals Zoonotic Emerging Pathogens in a Weather and Vector Transition Zone
bioRxiv · 24 Aug 2026 · Preprint
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The Gut Microbiome Attenuates the Adaptation of a Reproductive Endosymbiont
bioRxiv · 20 Aug 2026 · Preprint
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Harnessing endogenous CRISPR-Cas9 for inducible genetic engineering of Apilactobacillus kunkeei.
Applied and environmental microbiology · 19 Aug 2026 · Journal Article
Endogenous CRISPR-Cas9 enables nearly 100% efficient, scarless genetic modifications in Apilactobacillus kunkeei, a key honeybee microbiome member.
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Emergent insects as both prey and neonicotinoid vectors for aerial insectivores in prairie agroecosystems.
Environmental research · 19 Aug 2026 · Journal Article
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