Zong-Bo Li

Bacterial diversity in gut compartments of Tomicus brevipilosus: from shoot-boring preconditioning of Pinus yunnanensis to trunk-boring reproduction

Gut bacteria are critically important to bark beetles, especially under environmental fluctuations. Tomicus brevipilosus undergoes a niche shift from shoot-boring (which weakens Pinus yunnanensis ) to trunk-boring for reproduction. The relationship between this transition and the gut microbiota remains to be...