Sentences with phrase «symbiotic bacteria found»

A kind of symbiotic bacteria found in pea aphids (smaller ovals) help the insects resist parasitic wasps.

Called odilorhabdins, or ODLs, the antibiotics are produced by symbiotic bacteria found in soil - dwelling nematode worms that colonize insects for food.

Not exact matches

Some symbiotic bacteria living inside Colorado potato beetles can trick plants into reacting to a microbial attack rather than that of a chewing herbivore, according to a team of Penn State researchers who found that the beetles with bacteria were healthier and grew better.

The researchers found many types of marine bacteria, including symbiotic species that may help the fish digest algae.

Dangl, who worked with lead authors, postdoctoral researchers Gabriel Castrillo and Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, graduate student Sur Herrera Paredes and research analyst Theresa F. Law, found evidence that soil bacteria can make use of this tradeoff between nutrient - seeking and immune defense, potentially to help establish symbiotic relationships with plants.

Dissection revealed symbiotic bacteria living within the worms, accounting for both their color and their source of nutrition — oils and fats found in bone.

They found that complex interactions among a range of ectomycorrhizal fungi — which form symbiotic sheaths around the roots of plants — and certain bacteria appeared to drive the degradation of hydrocarbons in the ground.

Ewa Chrostek, PhD student at Teixeira's laboratory and first author of this study, says: «We found that some of the most protective Wolbachia variants reduce the survival of their hosts, suggesting that there may be a trade - off between the protection mediated by the symbiotic bacteria and other components of fitness.

The yeast and bacteria live in a symbiotic relationship, helping each other break down the sugars, gluten, and phytic acid found in the flour.