Cultivable gut bacteria provide a pathway for adaptation of Chrysolina herbacea to Mentha aquatica volatiles.
Graziano PizzolanteChiara CorderoSalvatore M TrediciDavide VergaraPaola PontieriLuigi Del GiudiceAndrea CapuzzoPatrizia RubioloChidananda N KanchiswamySimon A ZebeloCarlo BicchiMassimo E MaffeiPietro AlifanoPublished in: BMC plant biology (2017)
Our data suggest that cultivable gut bacteria of Chrysolina herbacea males and females influence the volatile blend of herbivory induced Mentha aquatica volatiles in a sex-specific way.