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The Importance of Environmentally Acquired Bacterial Symbionts for the Squash Bug (Anasa tristis), a Significant Agricultural Pest by Acevedo, Tarik S., Fricker, Gregory P., Garcia, Justine R., Alcaide, Tiffanie, Berasategui, Aileen, Stoy, Kayla S., Gerardo, Nicole M.

“…Most insects maintain associations with microbes that shape their ecology and evolution. Such symbioses have important applied implications when the associated…”
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The symbiont side of symbiosis: do microbes really benefit? by Garcia, Justine R, Gerardo, Nicole M

“…Microbial associations are integral to all eukaryotes. Mutualism, the interaction of two species for the benefit of both, is an important aspect of microbial…”
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Fitness costs and benefits vary for two facultative Burkholderia symbionts of the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum by Garcia, Justine R., Larsen, Tyler J., Queller, David C., Strassmann, Joan E.

“…Hosts and their associated microbes can enter into different relationships, which can range from mutualism, where both partners benefit, to exploitation, where…”
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Diversity of Free-Living Environmental Bacteria and Their Interactions With a Bactivorous Amoeba by Brock, Debra A, Haselkorn, Tamara S, Garcia, Justine R, Bashir, Usman, Douglas, Tracy E, Galloway, Jesse, Brodie, Fisher, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…A small subset of bacteria in soil interact directly with eukaryotes. Which ones do so can reveal what is important to a eukaryote and how eukaryote defenses…”
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The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum rescues Paraburkholderia hayleyella, but not P. agricolaris, from interspecific competition by Medina, James M, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E, Garcia, Justine R

“…Abstract Bacterial endosymbionts can provide benefits for their eukaryotic hosts, but it is often unclear if endosymbionts benefit from these relationships…”
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GENETIC VARIATION IN RESISTANCE AND FECUNDITY TOLERANCE IN A NATURAL HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION by Parker, Benjamin J., Garcia, Justine R., Gerardo, Nicole M.

“…Individuals vary in their ability to defend against pathogens. Determining how natural selection maintains this variation is often difficult, in part because…”
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Condition-dependent alteration of cellular immunity by secondary symbionts in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum by Laughton, Alice M., Garcia, Justine R., Gerardo, Nicole M.

“…[Display omitted] •Compared the effects of secondary symbionts on a range of host immune responses.•Found variation in host immune responses based on secondary…”
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Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum by Laughton, Alice M, Garcia, Justine R, Altincicek, Boran, Strand, Michael R, Gerardo, Nicole M

“…[Display omitted] ► Pea aphids have three haemocyte types: prohaemocytes, granulocytes and oenocytoids. ► Prohaemocyte numbers increase immediately after an…”
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GENETIC VARIATION IN RESISTANCE AND FECUNDITY TOLERANCE IN A NATURAL HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION: BRIEF COMMUNICATION by Parker, Benjamin J., Garcia, Justine R., Gerardo, Nicole M.

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