ReviewmBio2023
Involvement of Microbiota in Insect Physiology: Focus on B Vitamins.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- InferiorMicrobial genomics · 2024Pooled it
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- Host-independent metagenomics reveal gut bacteria contribution to Delia antiqua growth by vitamin B6 provision.Insect molecular biology · 2026Article
- Renaming the 'OS-D/CSP' Family (Part 2): '4-Cysteine Soluble Proteins' (4CSPs)-Intracellular Functions.Insects · 2026Review
- The translatome of quiescent Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes reveals parasite pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) biosynthesis is essential for efficient mosquito stage development.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Challenges in Aphid Pest Management Including Global Case Studies and Prospects.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Alterations in the Gut Microbiome ofInsects · 2026Article
- Comparative genomics and metabolic model analysis of primary and secondary endosymbionts present in different species of whitefly.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2026Article
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- Pilot metaproteomic profiling reveals bacterial diversity and potential medical and veterinary relevance of tick microbiomes in northern Algeria.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Temperature at parental generation affects bacterial communities associated with offspring for both host and parasitoid.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- Dietary effects on the development and population dynamics of the Thelazia callipaeda vector Phortica okadai revealed by age-stage, two-sex life table analysis.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Selection, counterselection, and conditional gene expression for genetic biocontrol of insects.Insect science · 2026Review
- Insect Lipid Metabolism in the Presence of Symbiotic and Pathogenic Viruses and Bacteria.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Evaluation ofiScience · 2025Article
- Comparative Genomics of the Endosymbiont Cardinium Causing Reproductive Manipulation in Encarsia Parasitoid Wasps.MicrobiologyOpen · 2025Article
- Selected gut bacteria promote mosquito larval growth through the regulation of ionic microenvironment and protease expression.iScience · 2025Article
- Wolbachia-supplemented B-vitamins are critical for blood digestion in the bed bug Cimex lectularius.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Extracellular microbes are required for mosquito development even in the presence of Wolbachia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Insects are highly successful in colonizing a wide spectrum of ecological niches and in feeding on a wide diversity of diets. This is notably linked to their capacity to get from their microbiota any essential component lacking in the diet such as vitamins and amino acids. Over a century of research based on dietary analysis, antimicrobial treatment, gnotobiotic rearing, and culture-independent microbe detection progressively generated a wealth of information about the role of the microbiota in specific aspects of insect fitness. Thanks to the recent increase in sequencing capacities, whole-genome sequencing of a number of symbionts has facilitated tracing of biosynthesis pathways, validation of experimental data and evolutionary analyses. This field of research has generated a considerable set of data in a diversity of hosts harboring specific symbionts or nonspecific microbiota members. Here, we review the current knowledge on the involvement of the microbiota in insect and tick nutrition, with a particular focus on B vitamin provision. We specifically question if there is any specificity of B vitamin provision by symbionts compared to the redundant yet essential contribution of nonspecific microbes. We successively highlight the known aspects of microbial vitamin provision during three main life stages of invertebrates: postembryonic development, adulthood, and reproduction.
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