Funktionelle Genomik von intrazellulären Bakterien beim Getreideplattkäfer

The flavobacterium Shikimatogenerans and the alpha-proteobacterium Wolbachia both influence the ecology and evolution of the sawtoothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis. Genome analyses, phylogenetic inference and manipulation of the three-partite association revealed two very different ways of supporting the beetle’s establishment and adaptation as a global grain storage pest: the synthesis of aromatic amino acid precursors and a change of the mode of reproductive manipulation.