Microbes Rulers of Us All: Microbial Interactions and Their Influence over Host Fitness On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

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  Patrick Stillson

  Ph.D. Student
  Department of Biology
  University of Texas
  Arlington, Texas
• AB

  Alison Blanton

  Graduate Student
  Department of Biological Sciences
  University of Texas
  Fort Worth, Texas

The symposium will be focused on how microbes, microbiomes, and symbionts are associated with host insect physiology and fitness, especially in regards to various traits such as insect vector competency, pesticide degradation and host survival.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  Regulation of host phenotypic plasticity by gut symbiont communities in the eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes)
  

  Presenting Author: Rajani Sapkota (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Michael E. Scharf – University of Florida