Facultative 'secondary' bacterial symbionts and the nutrition of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-269

  Douglas, A E ^a   Francois C L M J ^a   Minto, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphid; Buchnera; Secondary symbionts; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APHID; BACTERIUM; CLONE; DIET; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PARASITOID; SUCROSE; SYMBIONT;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; CANDIDATUS REGIELLA INSECTICOLA; CANDIDATUS SERRATIA SYMBIOTICA; PISUM SATIVUM; SERRATIA;

EID: 33748337534     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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