Salzman Shayla, Bustos-Díaz Edder D, Whitaker Melissa R L, Sierra Adriel M, Cibrián-Jaramillo Angélica, Barona-Gómez Francisco, Villarreal Aguilar Juan Carlos
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands.
New Phytol. 2025 May;246(4):1494-1504. doi: 10.1111/nph.70109. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
Cycads are an ancient lineage of gymnosperms that maintain a plethora of symbiotic associations from across the tree of life. They have myriad morphological, structural, physiological, chemical, and behavioral adaptations that position them as a unique system to study the evolution, ecology, and mechanism of symbiosis. To this end, we have provided an overview of cycad symbiosis biology covering insects, bacteria, and fungi, and discuss the most recent advances in the underlying chemical ecology of these associations.
苏铁是裸子植物的一个古老谱系，与生命之树上的众多生物保持着大量共生关系。它们具有无数的形态、结构、生理、化学和行为适应性，使其成为研究共生进化、生态和机制的独特系统。为此，我们概述了苏铁共生生物学，涵盖昆虫、细菌和真菌，并讨论了这些共生关系潜在化学生态学的最新进展。
