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New publication: Yellow proteins sustain Stammera in beetles
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European Congress of Entomology
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New publication: Insect secretions stabilising obligate bacterial symbionts
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New lab member: Ruben Eichfeld
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New lab member: Julia Boogh
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New publication: Leaf beetle propagates a phytopathogen in exchange for pupal protection

August 23, 2022

Thrilled to share our latest on a novel defensive mutualism between tortoise beetles and the ascomycete, Fusarium oxysporum. Fusarium confers protection for the beetle, and in exchange, the beetles vector the symbiont to their host plant. Led by Aileen Berasategui and Noa Breitenbach, and out today in Current Biology!

← Notice of Award: German Research Foundation (DFG)Congress of the International Society of Symbiosis, Lyon 2022 →
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