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Bacterial communities within Phengaris (Maculinea) alcon caterpillars are shifted following transition from solitary living to social parasitism of Myrmica ant colonies

  • Mark A. Szenteczki
  • , Camille Pitteloud
  • , Luca P. Casacci
  • , Lucie Kešnerová
  • , Melissa R.L. Whitaker
  • , Philipp Engel
  • , Roger Vila
  • , Nadir Alvarez
  • University of Lausanne
  • ETH Zürich
  • Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • INFN Torino
  • Harvard University
  • Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF)
  • Museum of Natural History

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4452-4464
Number of pages13
JournalEcology and Evolution
Volume9
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Keywords

  • 16S amplicon sequencing
  • butterflies
  • Lepidoptera
  • Lycaenidae
  • myrmecophily
  • Spiroplasma

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