Partitioning of symbiotic bacteria between generations of an insect: A quantitative study of a Buchnera sp. in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) reared at different temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3294-3296

  Humphreys, N J ^a   Douglas, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID EMBRYO; PEA APHID; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA;

APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO; INSECT; NONHUMAN; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA; BUCHNERA SP.; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0030739130     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3294-3296.1997     Document Type: Article

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