Gut microbiota variation drives differential performance in leaf beetles across host plants
Collectively, our results suggest that host plant-induced differential performance in herbivorous insects largely depends on their gut microbiota, suggesting a crucial role of the gut microbiome in herbivore host preference and the "preference-performance" relationship. Video Abstract.
Authors
- Owais Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7219-1673)
- Letian Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3336-9907)
- Yuxin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5144-0693)
- Yanping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8150-7265)
- Xiaotong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9303-3949)
- Xiayu Li
Institutions
- Hubei University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiome
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02278-5
- Primary Topic
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00