Research on Symbiosis in Animals at York

Symbiosis in animals animals live in a microbial world symbiosis as a source of novel capabilities Intracellular symbioses in insects 10% of insects bear intracellular microorganisms the aphid-Buchnera symbiosis as a model system the bacterial community and ecologically-important traits of insects research priorities Insects feeding on plant phloem sap nutritional barriers to phloem utilisation by animals phloem sugars and insect osmoregulation linking phloem nutrients to aphid population dynamics research priorities Lab Members How to contact us

TEM zooxanthellae in coral host The aphid Eucallipterus tiliae The sea anemone Condylactis gigantea Reef scene   TEM interface between intracellular bacteria Buchnera and cytoplasm of host cells in the aphid Tuberolachnus salignus

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