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Exploration and Mining of the Bacterial Terpenome

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Responses of Bark Beetle-Associated Bacteria to Host Monoterpenes and Their Relationship to Insect Life Histories

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Pheromone production in bark beetles

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Effects of symbiotic bacteria and tree chemistry on the growth and reproduction of bark beetle fungal symbionts

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Bacterial Community and Nitrogen Fixation in the Red Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

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Characterization of monoterpene biotransformation in two pseudomonads

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Bacterial Protection of Beetle-Fungus Mutualism

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