Research report 2022 - Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
Plant pathogen moonlighting as an insect mutualist
Authors
Salem, Hassan
Departments
Forschungsgruppe Wechselseitige Beziehungen von Lebensgemeinschaften
Summary
Symbioses with microbes span a gradient of interaction outcomes across the mutualism-to-parasitism continuum. But how stable are these designations? Are mutualists beneficial under all conditions? And are parasites destined to always harm their hosts?