Male-killing, nematode infections, bacteriophage infection, and virulence of cytoplasmic bacteria in the genus Wolbachia

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2001, Pages 519-545

  Stevens, L ^a   Giordano, R ^a   Fialho, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage WO; Reproductive alterations; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SEX RATIO;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE WO; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0035670350     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.32.081501.114132     Document Type: Review

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