Beetles are hosts to a remarkable diversity of bacterial symbionts. We review the form and function of these partnerships, and how they promote beetle adaptation and fitness. Out today in the Annual Review of Entomology!
Lab piñata comes to life
A vaccinated Mutualisms Lab antagonises a Covid-themed piñata. Courtesy of Marleny Garcia-Lozano, our papier-mâché wrangler!
Where the wild things are
Field season is a go! We are thrilled to be out and about again. Along with our trusty nets, vials, and parafilm.
New publication: Bean beetles harbor a simple, heritable microbiome
Led by Aileen Berasategui, we characterised the composition, localisation, and functionality of the gut microbiome in the bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. Our findings are published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology!
