An alpha-proteobacterium invades the mitochondria of the tick Ixodes ricinus

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 25-37

  Lo, Nathan ^a   Beninati, Tiziana ^a   Sacchi, Luciano ^b   Bandi, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 43249116906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420005936     Document Type: Chapter

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