Antibiotic treatment leads to the elimination of Wolbachia endosymbionts and sterility in the diplodiploid collembolan Folsomia candida

BMC Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 54-

  Pike, Nathan ^a   Kingcombe, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRY WEIGHT; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEX DETERMINATION; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLONING; CLUTCH SIZE; DENMARK; DIET; DIPLOIDY; DRUG EFFECT; FRANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPODS; CLONING, ORGANISM; CLUTCH SIZE; DENMARK; DIET; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; OVUM; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RIFAMPIN; SYMBIOSIS; TETRACYCLINE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 70350015350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-54     Document Type: Article

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