Edited by Carlos Cáceres, George Tsiamis, Boaz Yuval, Edouard Jurkevitch and Kostas Bourtzis
This issue is part of a joint supplement with BMC Biotechnology, and the other articles can be found here.
Volume 19 Supplement 1
Publication of this supplement was funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The peer review process for articles published in this supplement was overseen by the Supplement Editors in accordance with BioMed Central's peer review guidelines for supplements. The Supplement Editors declare that they were not involved in the peer review of any article on which they are an author. They declare no other competing interests.
Edited by Carlos Cáceres, George Tsiamis, Boaz Yuval, Edouard Jurkevitch and Kostas Bourtzis
This issue is part of a joint supplement with BMC Biotechnology, and the other articles can be found here.
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):284
The interaction between gut bacterial symbionts and Tephritidae became the focus of several studies that showed that bacteria contributed to the nutritional status and the reproductive potential of its fruit f...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):283
Symbiotic bacteria play a critical role in insect’s biology. They also offer great opportunities to improve on current pest management techniques. In order to exploit and integrate the roles played by the gut ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):285
Insect pests belonging to genus Bactrocera sp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) pose major biotic stress on various fruits and vegetable crops around the world. Zeugodacus and Bactrocera sp. are associated with diverse ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):282
Commensal microbes can promote survival and growth of developing insects, and have important fitness implications in adulthood. Insect larvae can acquire commensal microbes through two main routes: by vertical...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):286
Mass-rearing, domestication and gamma irradiation of tephritid fruit flies used in sterile insect technique (SIT) programmes can negatively impact fly quality and performance. Symbiotic bacteria supplied as pr...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):281
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is being applied for the management of economically important pest fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a number of countries worldwide. The success and cost effectiveness o...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):287
Insect species have established sophisticated symbiotic associations with diverse groups of microorganisms including bacteria which have been shown to affect several aspects of their biology, physiology, ecolo...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):288
Wolbachia, one of the most abundant taxa of intracellular Alphaproteobacteria, is widespread among arthropods and filarial nematodes. The presence of these maternally inherited bacteria is associated with modific...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):289
Various endosymbiotic bacteria, including Wolbachia of the Alphaproteobacteria, infect a wide range of insects and are capable of inducing reproductive abnormalities to their hosts such as cytoplasmic incompatibi...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19(Suppl 1):290
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