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Articles | Volume 25, issue 1
Articles | Volume 25, issue 1
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AGORA: Ideas and Concepts
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11 Mar 2025
AGORA: Ideas and Concepts |  | 11 Mar 2025

Future perspectives in the study of mutualistic interactions between insects and their microorganisms

Jorge Víctor Maurice-Lira, Jesús Pérez-Moreno, Julián Delgadillo-Martínez, and Karina Salcedo-Vite

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Insects are the most abundant and diverse animals on Earth, playing a key role in ecosystem stability. Their success is partly due to mutualistic relationships with microorganisms, which provide nutrients inaccessible due to their limited enzymatic capacity and specialized diets. Microorganisms also produce antimicrobial compounds that protect insects from pathogens. Understanding these interactions is crucial for the sustainable management of insects and their microbial partners.
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