Diet-dependent effects of gut bacteria on their insect host: The symbiosis of Erwinia sp. and western flower thrips

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1553, 2004, Pages 2171-2178

  De Vries, Egbert J ^a   Jacobs, Gerrit ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a   Menken, Steph B J ^a   Breeuwer, Johannes A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development time; Erwinia species; Gut bacteria; Oviposition; Symbiotic bacteria; Western flower thrips

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIET; OVIPOSITION; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CUCUMBER; DIET; ERWINIA; FEEDING; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EATING; EGG LAYING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA SP.; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; INSECTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EATING; ERWINIA; INSECTS; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 16544373955     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2817     Document Type: Article

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