Baby #bugs must play game of roulette to find survival partners before time runs out https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/05/14/leaffooted-bugs-symbiosis

"Leaffooted bugs nymphs hatch in the tree canopy, where their soil-living bacterial #symbionts are scarce. After hatching, a race against the clock begins. The journey from canopy to ground is a dangerous undertaking for nymphs measuring just a few mm. Risk of predation and the energetic demand are high. However, failing to acquire the #symbiont is also lethal"

#Insects #Bacteria

#Deadwood consists of #ephemeral #biochoria, #temporary #habitats, with #decomposition by numerous specific #organisms, e.g. bacteria, #arthropods and most important diverse #fungi, some of which are shown below on a deadwood branch in #Berlin..#Fungus #Cremastra appendiculata seems being involved. L. Wang et al. (2024) studied this fungus as #symbiont supporting seeds of orchid #Cremastra #appendiculata to #germinate.

©#StefanFWirth 2025

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https://doi.org/10.22541/au.173027710.00082437/v1

#Photos
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Hansen‬ et al. study the evolution of bacterial symbionts of Pariaconus psyllids in Hawaii, demonstrating that island biogeography and host plant ecology shape symbiont losses and codiversification patterns.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf153

#genome #evolution #symbiont

Mali Obomsawin & Jake Blount // #MaliObomsawin #JakeBlount //

My Way​ʼ​s Cloudy
[album symbiont, out September 27, 2024]

//via // #SmithsonianFolkwaysRecordings #SFR //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #MaliObomsawin #JakeBlount #Symbiont #MyWaysCloudy #JoeRainey

link bandcamp: https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/track/my-way-s-cloudy

After much work I am happy to say that Symbiont Open Source is available.
#ai #agent #agenticai #symbiont #symbi #cybersecurity #cybersec #zerotrust

https://github.com/ThirdKeyAI/Symbiont
https://docs.symbiont.dev

Some endosymbionts distort host sex ratios to favor their transmission. Cordaux and Gilbert publish a new Perspective showing how these manipulations can be driven by single symbiont loci targeting host sex-determination pathways.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf110

#genome #symbiont

Cached (mostly) US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of each book in Mira Grant's Parasitology trilogy (Parasite, Symbiont, and Chimera) over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lor32j7rgc2p

A lot of people don't know this, but it turns out that Mira Grant is actually a pseudonym of @seananmcguire!

#KindleBookGiveaway #SeananMcGuire #MiraGrant #Parasitology #Parasite #Symbiont #Chimera