Interaction between host genotype and environmental conditions affects bacterial density in Wolbachia symbiosis

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-213

  Mouton, Laurence ^a   Henri, Hélène ^a   Charif, Delphine ^a   Boulétreau, Michel ^a   Vavre, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Density; Host genotype; Quantitative PCR; Symbiosis; Temperature; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; WASP; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 43049129715     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0590     Document Type: Article

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