Wolbachia, normally a symbiont of Drosophila, can be virulent, causing degeneration and early death

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 10792-10796

  Min, Kyung Tai ^a   Benzer, Seymour ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life span; Microbial infection; Parasite; Rickettsia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; RICKETTSIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0030987547     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.20.10792     Document Type: Article

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