Exploring the Transient Microbe Population on Citrus Butterfly Wings.

ABSTRACT: Microbes carve out dwelling niches in unusual environments. Insects, in general, have been hosts to microbes in different ways. Some insects incorporate microbes as endosymbionts that help with metabolic functions, while some vector pathogenic microbes that cause serious plant and animal diseases, including humans. Microbes isolated from insect sources have been beneficial and a huge information repository. The fascinating and evolutionarily successful insect community has survived mass extinctions as a result of their unique biological traits. Wings have been one of the most important factors contributing to the evolutionary success of insects. In the current study, wings of Papilio polytes, a citrus butterfly, were investigated for the presence of ecologically significant microbes within

SUBMITTER: Kamala Jayanthi PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9431565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature