In vitro cultivation of Wolbachia pipientis in an Aedes albopictus cell line

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  O'Neill, Scott L ^a   Pettigrew, M M ^a   Sinkins, S P ^a,c   Braig, H R ^a   Andreadis, T G ^b   Tesh, R B ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; cell line; in vitro culture; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTHERA TIGRIS; RICKETTSIACEAE; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 0031080968     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1997.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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