Symbiotic rickettsia

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 221-250

  Braig, Henk R ^a   Turner, Bryan D ^b   Perotti, M Alejandra ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420064117     Document Type: Chapter

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