Molecular Phylogeny of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Southeast Asian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on wsp Gene Sequences

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Ruang areerate, Toon ^a   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^a   Baimai, Visut ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endosymbionts; Mosquitoes; Phylogeny; Wolbachia; wsp sequences

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTHROPODA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; WSP PROTEIN, WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0037264646     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.1.1     Document Type: Article

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