We conclude that the disparity in benefits and costs to both partners is evidence of symbiont parasitism in the coral symbiosis and has major implications for the resilience of coral reefs under threat of global change. (reefresilience.org)
Controlled experiments by the scientists from Jena implicate the bacterial symbionts in supplementing B vitamins to firebugs as an important feature of this association. (sciencedaily.com)
My thesis focused on the genomic characterization of bacterial symbionts of honeybees and ants. (ettemalab.org)