Camponotus (Genus)

Four new aminoglycolipids, deinococcucins A–D, were discovered from a Deinococcus sp. strain isolated from the gut of queen carpenter ants, Camponotu…

a modulation of immune gene expression which may facilitate tolerance towards the endosymbionts and thus may contribute to their transovarial transmi…

nutritional contribution of the bacteria to host metabolism by production of essential amino acids and urease-mediated nitrogen recycling

Blochmannia is able to supply nitrogen and sulfur compounds to the host while it takes advantage of the host metabolic machinery

recycling nitrogen and helping to synthesize amino acids, fatty acids, and nucleotides

Interaction with the host's immune system

obligate symbiont

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