Quantifying supply and demand in the pea aphid-Buchnera symbiosis reveals the metabolic Achilles’ heels of this interaction Many herbivorous insects feed on unbalanced diets and rely on bacterial endosymbionts to meet all their nutritional needs. This is the case for the pe…

📣 #OurLastPaper is out! A quantitative metabolic model of the obligate #aphid symbiont, #Buchnera aphidicola. This work also provides a model of the life stage-specific provision of nutrients from the bacterium to the host. #SymbioSky
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finally came across a native WA #Orobanchaceae! #Buchnera ramosissima or linearis! Very exciting! Not much info on these plants, but growing in close proximity to grass I’m guessing that must be a preference! Other species tho are known to parasitise trees, but these species can live independently