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. 2013 Jul 17;14(1):1-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.07.001.

The give and take of host-microbe symbioses

Nicole M Gerardo  1
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The give and take of host-microbe symbioses

Nicole M Gerardo. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Studying the association between mealybugs and two bacterial symbionts, Husnik et al. (2013) demonstrated that both integration of metabolic pathways across the partners' genomes and horizontal gene transfer from diverse bacteria into the insect host genome are integral to symbiosis.

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