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Dynamic but constrained: Repeated acquisitions of nutritional symbionts in bed bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) from a narrow taxonomic pool

2025-06-20

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<h4>Background</h4> Bed bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae), like other strictly blood-feeding insects, harbor obligate bacterial symbionts that supply essential nutrients (especially B vitamins) lacking in their blood diet. The primary obligate symbionts are transovarially transmitted Wolbachia , notable for having horizontally acquired biotin operon. In addition to these symbionts with the confirmed nutritional role...

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Literature Corpus work: 49302eec-9b70-5c03-bf1e-b5f3f54a76e9
DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.13.659472

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