Soil pH as an external filter shaping stink bug–Burkholderia gut symbiosis
Hideomi Itoh, Hiroyuki Shimoji, Daisuke Nakane, Seonghan Jang, Yoshitomo Kikuchi · 2026
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Hideomi Itoh and co-authors study how soil acidity filters a bug's gut partners in a 2026 paper. Stink bugs pick up their essential gut bacteria from soil each generation, somehow choosing the right microbe from a soup of millions. Hosts are known to screen partners inside the body, but the outside world may pre-filter the pool.
The team tested how soil pH shapes which bacteria are available and able to colonize the bugs. An external filter would mean the partnership begins before the insect ever feeds. The idea widens symbiosis research: partner choice is not only the host's doing, but also the soil's.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hideomi Itoh, Hiroyuki Shimoji, Daisuke Nakane, Seonghan Jang, Yoshitomo Kikuchi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 74 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |