More information: Yun Liao et al, Fungal symbiont transmitted by free-living mice promotes type 2 immunity, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08213-2 Journal information: Nature ...

In most cases both the plant and its symbiont derive an advantage from the interaction. This study describes ultrastructural changes and cell-specific calcium responses that accompany cytoplasmic ...

Defensive symbioses likely arose from host-symbiont interactions that are costly for hosts and evolved over time to a facultative mutualism. Hence, the role symbionts play in protecting hosts against ...

Rhizobial symbiosis refers to the mutually beneficial relationship that forms between plants and soil bacteria that fix nitrogen, termed rhizobia. This study describes ultrastructural changes and ...

Microbial symbionts of insects enable their hosts to thrive on nutritionally unbalanced diets or in adverse environmental conditions. These beneficial symbionts can live either extracellularly, in ...