TY - JOUR AU - Pizzolante, Graziano AU - Cordero, Chiara AU - Tredici, Salvatore M. AU - Vergara, Davide AU - Pontieri, Paola AU - Del Giudice, Luigi AU - Capuzzo, Andrea AU - Rubiolo, Patrizia AU - Kanchiswamy, Chidananda N. AU - Zebelo, Simon A. AU - Bicchi, Carlo AU - Maffei, Massimo E. AU - Alifano, Pietro PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/02 TI - Cultivable gut bacteria provide a pathway for adaptation of Chrysolina herbacea to Mentha aquatica volatiles JO - BMC Plant Biology SP - 30 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - A chemical cross-talk between plants and insects is required in order to achieve a successful co-adaptation. In response to herbivory, plants produce specific compounds, and feeding insects respond adequately7 to molecules produced by plants. Here we show the role of the gut microbial community of the mint beetle Chrysolina herbacea in the chemical cross-talk with Mentha aquatica (or watermint). SN - 1471-2229 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-017-0986-6 DO - 10.1186/s12870-017-0986-6 ID - Pizzolante2017 ER -