...Contribution of increased benefits in maintenance of symbiosis. The schematic above describes how increased benefits...serve to reinforce partner fidelity within a symbiosis and therefore contribute to symbiotic maintenance.
... contributions of different partners to the symbiosis, physical features of bacterial colonization of nematode...
...cellular, and evolutionary aspects of the...symbiosis. Partner contributions to the symbiosis In general, Xenorhabdus bacteria and Steinernema nematodes...
...in their requirements for and contributions to symbiosis.
...The specificity of a horizontally transmitted microbial symbiosis is often defined by molecular communication between...can occur in discrete stages. In the symbiosis between Steinernema nematodes and Xenorhabdus bacteria, previous...
At each stage, colonization requires X. nematophila symbiosis region 1 (SR1) genes and is species-specific:...
...which only specific partners can fully support symbiosis. The contribution of bacterial strain diversity on specificity and coevolution in beneficial symbiosis remains unclear.
71 potential role in defensive symbiosis. Additionally, toxin-antitoxin modules have been implicated in ensuring symbiont transmission through regulation of symbiosis genes (30).
...that in the S. feltiae- X. bovienii symbiosis, specificity likely is due to coadaptation between...
...bacteria engage in a beneficial symbiosis with Steinernema nematodes, in part...they differ in their encoded symbiosis factors, including secreted metabolites. To discern strain-level variation among symbiosis factors, and facilitate the identification...
...X. bovienii – Steinernema spp. symbiosis has helped answer questions surrounding...processes, and partner contributions to symbiosis. Additionally, this system is now...pertaining to broad host- range symbiosis.
...coding potential, strain-level differences in expression of symbiosis factors could contribute to varying fitness in...
...of the bacterial strains to engage in symbiosis with the nematode likely results from coevolution,...the ability of symbionts to engage in symbiosis could be due to differential gene loss...