Ultrastructure of a novel Cardinium sp. symbiont in Scaphoideus titanus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-261

  Bigliardi, E ^a   Sacchi, L ^b   Genchi, M ^b   Alma, A ^c   Pajoro, M ^c   Daffonchio, D ^d   Marzorati, M ^d   Avanzati, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardinium sp. symbiont; Electron dense structures; Fibrous electron dense plaque; Microtubular like complex; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTEROIDETES; CARDINIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; SCAPHOIDEUS TITANUS; SYMBIONT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS CARDINIUM; CICADELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; SCAPHOIDEUS TITANUS;

EID: 33748412789     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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