AUTHOR=Bamisile Bamisope Steve , Hafeez Muhammad , Hussain Mubasher , Dash Chandra Kanta , Siddiqui Junaid Ali TITLE=Editorial: The bodyguards to the rescue: understanding the molecular and immunological mechanisms involved in host-insect pathogenic microbe interactions JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2025.1646507 DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2025.1646507 ISSN=2235-2988